Natural hazards · Wetherington

Wetherington, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wetherington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2012.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wetherington?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes25%Cold waves13%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Wetherington faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Wetherington flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Wetherington, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2012

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20122026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Butler County.

Disasters that hit Wetherington

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Butler County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Wetherington itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WetheringtonDeclared for Butler County only

Butler County has had 12 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. Wetherington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wetherington’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wetherington. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Wetherington total about $1.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.