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Wintersville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wintersville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2004. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Wintersville?

2
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wintersville to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes12%Strong wind9%Lightning6%Hail6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Wintersville faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Strong wind

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

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 Wintersville flood?

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

2paid claims since 2004
$9Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20042026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $4K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Wintersville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Jefferson County.
Disasters that hit Wintersville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WintersvilleDeclared for Jefferson County only
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Village of Wintersville for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $32K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

3 households applied for aid $924 aid approved
2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

7 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
Jefferson County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Wintersville

Wintersville and the towns around it

Cross Creek: Very low, mostly inland floodingSteubenville: Very low, mostly inland floodingIsland Creek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWayne: Very low, mostly inland floodingWells: Very high, mostly inland floodingSteubenville: High, mostly inland floodingNew Alexandria: Very high, mostly inland floodingMingo Junction: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWeirton: High, mostly inland floodingPottery Addition: Very low, mostly inland floodingKnox: High, mostly inland floodingSalem: Very low, mostly inland floodingToronto: Very high, mostly inland floodingRoss: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWintersville: Very low, mostly inland flooding WintersvilleCross CreekSteubenvilleIsland Creek
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Island Creekmostly inland floodingModerate
Steubenvillemostly inland floodingVery low
Cross Creekmostly inland floodingVery low
Wintersvillemostly 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. Wintersville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wintersville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Wintersville. 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 Wintersville total about $625K 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.

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