Natural hazards · Steubenville

Steubenville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Steubenville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1980. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Steubenville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Steubenville to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes8%Strong wind5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Steubenville faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Steubenville flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Steubenville, from FEMA’s records.

9paid claims since 1980

$53Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Steubenville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Steubenville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Steubenville itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Steubenville.

Brought FEMA money into SteubenvilleDeclared for Jefferson County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$67K to the City of Steubenville for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

10 households applied for aid $22K aid approved $168K to the City of Steubenville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

47 households applied for aid $60K aid approved $130K to the City of Steubenville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

8 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $44K to the City of Steubenville for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Jefferson County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Steubenville

Steubenville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Weirtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Steubenvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Mingo Junctionmostly inland floodingModerate

Island Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

Pottery Additionmostly inland floodingVery low

Steubenvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Cross Creekmostly inland floodingVery low

Wintersvillemostly inland floodingVery low

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Steubenville covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Steubenville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Steubenville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Steubenville total about $3.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.