Natural hazards · Vanlue

Vanlue, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vanlue comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vanlue?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vanlue to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes13%Hail10%Cold waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Vanlue faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Vanlue flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hancock County.

Disasters that hit Vanlue

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VanlueDeclared for Hancock County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$9K to the Village of Vanlue for repairs

Hancock County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Vanlue 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 Vanlue’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Vanlue. 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.