Natural hazards · Archer

Archer, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Archer comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Archer?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Archer to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding57%Strong wind18%Drought12%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Archer faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Archer flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Archer.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Harrison County.

Disasters that hit Archer

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArcherDeclared for Harrison County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$21K to the Township of Archer for repairs

Harrison County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Archer

Archer and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Archermostly inland floodingLow

Rumleymostly inland floodingLow

Greenmostly inland floodingLow

Stockmostly inland floodingLow

Northmostly inland floodingLow

Cadizmostly 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. Archer 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 Archer’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Archer. 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.