Natural hazards · Arlington Heights

Arlington Heights, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arlington Heights comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arlington Heights?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arlington Heights to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding68%Tornadoes15%Heat waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Arlington Heights faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Arlington Heights flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hamilton County.

Disasters that hit Arlington Heights

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Hamilton County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Arlington Heights itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Arlington HeightsDeclared for Hamilton County only

Hamilton County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Arlington Heights

Arlington Heights and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Readingmostly inland floodingModerate

Arlington Heightsmostly inland floodingModerate

Locklandmostly inland floodingModerate

Cincinnatimostly inland floodingLow

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