Natural hazards · Weller

Weller, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weller 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 Weller?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weller to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Tornadoes9%Hail7%Ice storms6%Strong wind5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Weller faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Weller flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Richland County.

Disasters that hit Weller

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WellerDeclared for Richland County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$20K to the Township of Weller for repairs

2004

Snow

$4K to the Township of Weller for repairs

Richland County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Weller

Weller and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Franklinmostly inland floodingVery low

Wellermostly inland floodingVery low

Butlermostly inland floodingVery low

Mifflinmostly inland floodingVery low

Miltonmostly inland floodingVery low

Mansfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

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