Natural hazards · Aurora

Aurora, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aurora comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aurora?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aurora to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Tornadoes10%Hail6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Aurora 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

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Aurora flood?

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

10paid claims since 1979

$169Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Portage County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Aurora

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AuroraDeclared for Portage County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $5K to the City of Aurora for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

33 households applied for aid $29K aid approved $19K to the City of Aurora for repairs

Portage County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Aurora

Aurora and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Remindervillemostly inland floodingLow

Bainbridgemostly inland floodingLow

Mantuamostly inland floodingVery low

Auroramostly inland floodingVery low

Twinsburgmostly inland floodingVery low

Streetsboromostly 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. Aurora covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Aurora’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Aurora. 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 Aurora total about $3.6M 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.