Natural hazards · Westland

Westland, OH natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Westland to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Tornadoes7%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Westland faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 38 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Westland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Guernsey County.

Disasters that hit Westland

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestlandDeclared for Guernsey County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$5K to the Township of Westland for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Township of Westland for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$2K to the Township of Westland for repairs

Guernsey County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Westland

Westland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rich Hillmostly inland floodingHigh

Adamsmostly inland floodingLow

Cambridgemostly inland floodingLow

Westlandmostly inland floodingVery low

Spencermostly inland floodingVery low

Jacksonmostly inland floodingVery low

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