Natural hazards · Waynesfield

Waynesfield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Waynesfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Waynesfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Waynesfield to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes13%Cold waves8%Earthquakes7%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Waynesfield faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Waynesfield flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Auglaize County.

Disasters that hit Waynesfield

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaynesfieldDeclared for Auglaize County only

2024

Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$3K to the Village of Waynesfield for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

39 households applied for aid $22K aid approved $21K to the Village of Waynesfield for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

Auglaize County has had 10 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. Waynesfield 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 Waynesfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Waynesfield. 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.

Waynesfield, OH natural hazards

How exposed is Waynesfield?

What Waynesfield faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Earthquakes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Waynesfield flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Tornadoes

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

Severe Storms and Flooding

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