Natural hazards · Attica

Attica, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Attica comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Attica?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Attica to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Tornadoes9%Hail7%Cold waves7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Attica faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% 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 Attica flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Seneca County.

Disasters that hit Attica

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AtticaDeclared for Seneca County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $16K to the Village of Attica for repairs

2004

Snow

$950 to the Village of Attica for repairs

Seneca County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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