Natural hazards · West Lafayette

West Lafayette, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Lafayette comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Lafayette?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Lafayette to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes9%Lightning8%Hail6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What West Lafayette faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 74 years in the area

Lightning

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 West Lafayette flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Coshocton County.

Disasters that hit West Lafayette

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into West LafayetteDeclared for Coshocton County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$6K to the Village of West Lafayette for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$22K to the Village of West Lafayette for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

10 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

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