Natural hazards · Baltic

Baltic, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Baltic comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Baltic?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Baltic to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Hail8%Tornadoes7%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Baltic faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 85 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Baltic flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tuscarawas County.

Disasters that hit Baltic

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BalticDeclared for Tuscarawas County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$6K to the Village of Baltic for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Tuscarawas County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Baltic

Baltic and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clarkmostly inland floodingVery low

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