Natural hazards · Waynesville

Waynesville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Waynesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low 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 Waynesville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Waynesville to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes15%Cold waves14%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Waynesville faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 68 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Waynesville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Warren County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Waynesville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaynesvilleDeclared for Warren County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$13K to the Village of Waynesville for repairs

2004

Snow

$3K to the Village of Waynesville for repairs

Warren County has had 11 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. Waynesville 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 Waynesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Waynesville. 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.