Natural hazards · West Union

West Union, OH natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Union to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes11%Heat waves9%Strong wind8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What West Union faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 52 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Union flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Adams County.

Disasters that hit West Union

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into West UnionDeclared for Adams County only

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

$6K to the Village of West Union for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

19 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $6K to the Village of West Union for repairs

Adams County has had 15 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 Union 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 Union’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of West Union. 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.