明清时期舒城地区的自然灾害以水旱灾害为主,以后期多于前期、水旱灾害交替出现为特色,并造成了严重的危害。除了气候和地理环境等因素外,过度开垦山岭、无序修筑水坝、圩堰所造成的严重的水土流失、河道淤塞也是导致水旱灾害发生的重要方面。
The disasters in Shucheng in the Ming and Qing Dynasty mainly are flood and drought. The disasters appeared more in the later period than in the former period and it did great harm to the people. Besides climate and the reasons of the disasters are digging up the mountains excessively, building the dams irregularly and so on.