Natural hazards · Valley Hi

Valley Hi, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Valley Hi comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Valley Hi?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Valley Hi to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes14%Cold waves8%Hail6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Valley Hi faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Valley Hi flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Valley Hi.

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Logan County.

Disasters that hit Valley Hi

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Valley Hi itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of Valley Hi.

Brought FEMA money into Valley HiDeclared for Logan County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$2K to the Village of Valley Hi for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$793 to the Village of Valley Hi for repairs

2004

Snow

$1K to the Village of Valley Hi for repairs

Logan County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Valley Hi is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

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

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.