Natural hazards · Williamsport

Williamsport, OH natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Williamsport to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding57%Drought18%Tornadoes7%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Williamsport faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Williamsport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pickaway County.

Disasters that hit Williamsport

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WilliamsportDeclared for Pickaway County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $4K to the Village of Williamsport for repairs

Pickaway County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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