Natural hazards · Benton Ridge

Benton Ridge, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Benton Ridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Benton Ridge?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Benton Ridge to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Tornadoes13%Hail9%Cold waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Benton Ridge faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 42 years in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Benton Ridge flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hancock County.

Disasters that hit Benton Ridge

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Benton RidgeDeclared for Hancock County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid

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

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