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Natural hazards in Flushing · FEMA

Storms, floods and disasters in Flushing

Flushing isn’t graded for hazard risk: FEMA’s tract figures aren’t matched to Flushing yet.

Flood claims
0
paid since 1978 · $0
Disasters paid out here
4
of 18 declared for Belmont County
By hazard

What Flushing faces

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

River and rain flooding

89%of expected building damage
About average · higher than 55% of U.S. census tracts
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area
Smaller shares here
 Tornadoes Hail Earthquakes Strong wind Ice storms Hurricanes Wildfire Winter storms Cold waves Landslides Lightning Heat waves
FEMA models no building damage here
Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.

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 Flushing flood? No paid flood claims on record

FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Flushing. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.

of homes in flood zones are insured
of all homes are insured
No community discount

Flushing isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Belmont County.
Disasters

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Flushing

Disasters that paid out in Flushing itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Flushing), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.

  1. 2004Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides1 households applied for aid$12K aid approved
  2. 2004Severe Storms and Flooding8 households applied for aid$13K aid approved
  3. 2004Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides3 households applied for aid$12K aid approved
  4. 2003Severe Winter Storm and Record/near Record Snow$6K to the Village of Flushing for repairs
Disasters declared, by decade
Paid out in FlushingBelmont County only

Belmont County has had 18 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.

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Get ready for what Flushing faces

A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.

When the river rises
  • Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
  • Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
  • Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
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Before you buy or rent
  • Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
  • Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
  • Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
When a storm is coming
Forecast and alertsWeather →911, the nearest ERSafety →

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Questions about natural hazards in Flushing

Is Flushing in a flood zone?

Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Belmont County, 8% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.4% of all homes do.

How much is flood insurance in Flushing?

FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Flushing’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.

What was the biggest storm in Flushing?

By FEMA money that reached Flushing, Severe Storms and Flooding (2004): 8 households applied for aid, $13K approved.

Storm stories

Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Flushing.

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Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Flushing’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.