Natural hazards · Ballville

Ballville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ballville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ballville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ballville to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes14%Strong wind6%Cold waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Ballville 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

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Ballville flood?

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

8paid claims since 1978

$26Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sandusky County.

Disasters that hit Ballville

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Sandusky County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Ballville itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BallvilleDeclared for Sandusky County only

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

Around Ballville

Ballville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ballvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Jacksonmostly inland floodingModerate

Rileymostly inland floodingModerate

Ballvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Pleasantmostly inland floodingModerate

Green Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

Fremontmostly inland floodingLow

Sanduskymostly inland floodingLow

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. Ballville covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ballville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Ballville. 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 Ballville total about $2.5M 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.