Natural hazards · Woodsfield

Woodsfield, OH natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Woodsfield to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and lightning.

Inland flooding57%Lightning16%Tornadoes6%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Woodsfield 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

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Woodsfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

Disasters that hit Woodsfield

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WoodsfieldDeclared for Monroe County only

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$179K to the Village of Woodsfield for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $136K aid approved $9K to the Village of Woodsfield for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$8K to the Village of Woodsfield for repairs

Monroe County has had 18 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. Woodsfield 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 Woodsfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Woodsfield. 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.