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Natural hazards · Bolivar

Bolivar, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bolivar comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bolivar?

8
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bolivar to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Hail6%Tornadoes6%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Bolivar faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 65 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 Bolivar flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bolivar 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 Bolivar

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BolivarDeclared for Tuscarawas County only
2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$7K to the Village of Bolivar for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid
Tuscarawas County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Bolivar

Bolivar and the towns around it

Lawrence: Very low, mostly inland floodingBethlehem: Low, mostly inland floodingSandy: Low, mostly inland floodingWilkshire Hills: Low, mostly inland floodingFranklin: Very low, mostly inland floodingDover: Very low, mostly inland floodingZoar: Low, mostly inland floodingMassillon: Low, mostly inland floodingSugarcreek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPerry: Very low, mostly inland floodingPike: Low, mostly inland floodingNavarre: Very low, mostly inland floodingBolivar: Very low, mostly inland flooding BolivarLawrenceBethlehem
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bethlehemmostly inland floodingLow
Bolivarmostly inland floodingVery low
Lawrencemostly 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. Bolivar 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 Bolivar’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bolivar. 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.

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