Natural hazards · Bainbridge

Bainbridge, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bainbridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1994. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bainbridge?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bainbridge to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Strong wind7%Tornadoes7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Bainbridge faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Bainbridge flood?

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

4paid claims since 1994

$248Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Geauga County.

Disasters that hit Bainbridge

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BainbridgeDeclared for Geauga County only

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$27K to the Township of Bainbridge for repairs

Geauga County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Bainbridge

Bainbridge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bainbridgemostly inland floodingLow

South Russellmostly inland floodingLow

Bainbridgemostly inland floodingLow

Auburnmostly inland floodingVery low

Auroramostly 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. Bainbridge covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bainbridge’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Bainbridge. 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 Bainbridge total about $3.5M 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.