Flood risk in Ohio
FEMA NFIP historical claims and active policies aggregated by county. Pick a county to see total paid, average claim amount, and active policy count.
Counties with claims
86
of 89 reporting
Total NFIP claims
3,340
Total claims paid
$56,995,169
Active policies
4,219
Highest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units. Higher means a larger share of homes have a documented claim on file.
- 1.Hancock County5.55 / 1k
- 2.Ottawa County4.78 / 1k
- 3.Marion County3.21 / 1k
- 4.Jackson County3.13 / 1k
- 5.Putnam County2.58 / 1k
- 6.Wyandot County2.56 / 1k
- 7.Erie County2.55 / 1k
- 8.Lawrence County2.36 / 1k
- 9.Belmont County2.35 / 1k
- 10.Washington County2.19 / 1k
Lowest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units, restricted to counties of at least 25,000 residents.
- 1.Highland County0.00 / 1k
- 2.Carroll County0.09 / 1k
- 3.Ross County0.14 / 1k
- 4.Columbiana County0.17 / 1k
- 5.Hardin County0.17 / 1k
- 6.Fayette County0.17 / 1k
- 7.Preble County0.18 / 1k
- 8.Montgomery County0.19 / 1k
- 9.Madison County0.20 / 1k
- 10.Portage County0.20 / 1k
Counties by historical claims
Sorted by total claims, highest first. Historical totals do not capture uninsured properties or future climate shifts.
- County294 claims · low
- County247 claims · low
- County209 claims · low
- County176 claims · moderate
- County174 claims · moderate
- County154 claims · low
- County99 claims · low
- County91 claims · low
- County86 claims · low
- County86 claims · moderate
- County82 claims · moderate
- County78 claims · moderate
- County72 claims · moderate
- County61 claims · moderate
- County55 claims · low
- County55 claims · low
- County54 claims · low
- County54 claims · moderate
- County53 claims · moderate
- County52 claims · low
- County46 claims · low
- County44 claims · low
- County43 claims · low
- County39 claims · moderate
- County39 claims · moderate
- County37 claims · low
- County34 claims · low
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- County31 claims · low
- County30 claims · low
- County30 claims · moderate
- County28 claims · low
- County27 claims · low
- County26 claims · moderate
- County25 claims · low
- County25 claims · low
- County24 claims · moderate
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- County20 claims · moderate
- County19 claims · moderate
- County18 claims · low
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- County15 claims · low
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- County12 claims · moderate
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- County11 claims · moderate
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How to read this
Historical claims show where NFIP-insured properties have actually filed. They under-count uninsured properties and don't forecast future risk from climate, upstream development, or new mitigation projects. For parcel-specific flood-zone designations, use FEMA's Map Service Center.
Data sources
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