Natural hazards · Vinton

Vinton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vinton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vinton to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding71%Heat waves16%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Vinton 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

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Vinton flood?

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

18paid claims since 1979

$250Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $8K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $1K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $41K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Gallia County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

5homes raised above flood level

2buildings floodproofed

1flood-prone homes bought out and moved

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Vinton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VintonDeclared for Gallia County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Village of Vinton for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $4K to the Village of Vinton for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

25 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $3K to the Village of Vinton for repairs

Gallia County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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

Vinton, OH natural hazards

How exposed is Vinton?

What Vinton faces

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Vinton flood?

Biggest named events

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

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