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Natural hazards · Blendon

Blendon, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blendon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Blendon?

62
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blendon to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Cold waves11%Tornadoes7%Heat waves6%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Blendon faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Blendon flood?

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

3paid claims since 1979
$12Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Blendon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Franklin County.
Disasters that hit Blendon

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlendonDeclared for Franklin County only
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$17K to the Township of Blendon for repairs
2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$40K to the Township of Blendon for repairs
2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$9K to the Township of Blendon for repairs
Franklin County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Blendon

Blendon and the towns around it

Columbus: Low, mostly inland floodingWesterville: Low, mostly inland floodingHuber Ridge: High, mostly inland floodingMinerva Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingPlain: Low, mostly inland floodingGenoa: Low, mostly inland floodingHamilton: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorwich: Low, mostly inland floodingJackson: Very low, mostly inland floodingMifflin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMadison: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWashington: Low, mostly inland floodingPrairie: Low, mostly inland floodingHilliard: Low, mostly inland floodingSharon: Very low, mostly inland floodingJefferson: Low, mostly inland floodingOrange: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Albany: Low, mostly inland floodingHarlem: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJersey: Very low, mostly inland floodingBerkshire: Low, mostly inland floodingBlendon: High, mostly inland flooding BlendonColumbusWestervilleHuber RidgeMinerva ParkPlainGenoa
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Blendonmostly inland floodingHigh
Huber Ridgemostly inland floodingHigh
Genoamostly inland floodingLow
Westervillemostly inland floodingLow
Columbusmostly inland floodingLow
Plainmostly inland floodingLow
Minerva Parkmostly 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. Blendon covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Blendon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Blendon. 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 Blendon total about $4.2M 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.

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