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Natural hazards · Sutton

Sutton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sutton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 69 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sutton?

78
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sutton to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Sutton faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sutton flood?

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

69paid claims since 1978
$734Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 16 claims, $32K
  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 16 claims, $260K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sutton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Meigs County.
Disasters that hit Sutton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SuttonDeclared for Meigs County only
2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$14K to the Township of Sutton for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$2K to the Township of Sutton for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$36K to the Township of Sutton for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$2K to the Township of Sutton for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$28K to the Township of Sutton for repairs
2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$34K to the Township of Sutton for repairs
Meigs County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Sutton

Sutton and the towns around it

Chester: Low, mostly inland floodingLetart: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSalisbury: Very high, mostly inland floodingSyracuse: Very high, mostly inland floodingLebanon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Haven: High, mostly inland floodingBedford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOrange: Low, mostly inland floodingOlive: Low, mostly inland floodingMiddleport: Very high, mostly inland floodingPomeroy: Very high, mostly inland floodingCheshire: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRutland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSutton: High, mostly inland flooding SuttonChesterLetartSalisburySyracuseLebanonNew Haven
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Salisburymostly inland floodingVery high
Syracusemostly inland floodingVery high
New Havenmostly inland floodingHigh
Suttonmostly inland floodingHigh
Letartmostly inland floodingModerate
Lebanonmostly inland floodingModerate
Chestermostly inland floodingLow
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. Sutton covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sutton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sutton. 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 Sutton 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.

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