Natural hazards · Alexandria

Alexandria, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alexandria comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1995. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alexandria?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alexandria to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Hail10%Everything else25%

By hazard

What Alexandria faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Alexandria flood?

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

3paid claims since 1995

$8Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19952026

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

Insurance rates: Licking County.

Disasters that hit Alexandria

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlexandriaDeclared for Licking County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$2K to the Village of Alexandria for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

15 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Licking County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Alexandria 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 Alexandria’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Alexandria. 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.