Natural hazards · Bentleyville

Bentleyville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bentleyville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bentleyville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bentleyville to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Cold waves10%Tornadoes9%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Bentleyville 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

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Bentleyville flood?

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

6paid claims since 1979

$17Kpaid to owners

1homes 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. Bentleyville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Cuyahoga County.

Disasters that hit Bentleyville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BentleyvilleDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $177 aid approved

Cuyahoga County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Bentleyville

Bentleyville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Chagrin Fallsmostly inland floodingModerate

Bentleyvillemostly inland floodingLow

Moreland Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

Solonmostly 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. Bentleyville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bentleyville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bentleyville. 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 Bentleyville total about $1.5M 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.