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Austintown, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Austintown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 52 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Austintown?

9
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes20%Hail5%Strong wind5%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Austintown 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
Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Austintown flood?

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

52paid claims since 1978
$371Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $4K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Austintown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Mahoning County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Austintown

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AustintownDeclared for Mahoning County only
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide

4 households applied for aid
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $16K aid approved
2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

69 households applied for aid $53K aid approved $7K to the Township of Austintown for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
Mahoning County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
Around Austintown

Austintown and the towns around it

Austintown: Very low, mostly inland floodingYoungstown: Very low, mostly inland floodingCanfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingWeathersfield: Low, mostly inland floodingJackson: Very low, mostly inland floodingLordstown: Very low, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Very low, mostly inland floodingGirard: Low, mostly inland floodingCampbell: Very low, mostly inland floodingBoardman: Very low, mostly inland floodingCoitsville: Very low, mostly inland floodingStruthers: Low, mostly inland floodingHubbard: Very low, mostly inland floodingEllsworth: Very low, mostly inland floodingMcDonald: Very low, mostly inland floodingHilltop: Low, mostly inland floodingNiles: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHowland: Very low, mostly inland floodingMcKinley Heights: Very low, mostly inland floodingWarren: Low, mostly inland floodingMilton: Very low, mostly inland floodingNewton: Low, mostly inland floodingAustintown: Very low, mostly inland flooding AustintownAustintownYoungstownCanfieldWeathersfieldJacksonLordstown
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Weathersfieldmostly inland floodingLow
Canfieldmostly inland floodingVery low
Austintownmostly inland floodingVery low
Austintownmostly inland floodingVery low
Youngstownmostly inland floodingVery low
Lordstownmostly inland floodingVery low
Jacksonmostly 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. Austintown covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Austintown’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Austintown. 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 Austintown total about $5.6M 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.

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