Natural hazards · Alliance

Alliance, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alliance comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1981. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alliance?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alliance to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Hail9%Tornadoes9%Cold waves8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Alliance faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Alliance flood?

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

4paid claims since 1981

$19Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stark County.

Disasters that hit Alliance

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AllianceDeclared for Stark County only

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $38K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

49 households applied for aid $67K aid approved

Stark County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Alliance

Alliance and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Alliancemostly inland floodingVery low

Washingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Lexingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

East Alliancemostly inland floodingVery low

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. Alliance covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Alliance’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Alliance. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Alliance total about $3.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.