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Arlington, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arlington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Arlington?

65
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arlington to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes13%Hail10%Cold waves6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Arlington 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
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% 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 Arlington flood?

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

3paid claims since 1979
$45Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Late winter storms: 1 claim, $9K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Arlington isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hancock County.
Disasters that hit Arlington

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArlingtonDeclared for Hancock County only
2024

Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

134 households applied for aid $551K aid approved $59K to the Village of Arlington for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$35K to the Village of Arlington for repairs
Hancock County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
Around Arlington

Arlington and the towns around it

Madison: High, mostly inland floodingJackson: High, mostly inland floodingEagle: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVan Buren: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDelaware: High, mostly inland floodingAmanda: High, mostly inland floodingMarion: High, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnion: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFindlay: High, mostly inland floodingArlington: High, mostly inland flooding ArlingtonMadisonJacksonEagle
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Arlingtonmostly inland floodingHigh
Madisonmostly inland floodingHigh
Jacksonmostly inland floodingHigh
Eaglemostly inland floodingModerate
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 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’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Arlington. 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.

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