Natural hazards · Wilson

Wilson, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wilson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wilson?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wilson to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes10%Strong wind6%Cold waves5%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Wilson 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 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 35 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Wilson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clinton County.

Disasters that hit Wilson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WilsonDeclared for Clinton County only

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$2K to the Township of Wilson for repairs

Clinton County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Wilson

Wilson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jaspermostly inland floodingLow

Wilsonmostly inland floodingLow

Richlandmostly inland floodingLow

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