Natural hazards · Buckeye Lake

Buckeye Lake, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buckeye Lake comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1997. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buckeye Lake?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckeye Lake to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Hail5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Buckeye Lake faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce 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 Buckeye Lake flood?

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

9paid claims since 1997

$64Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19972026

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

Insurance rates: Licking County.

Disasters that hit Buckeye Lake

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Buckeye LakeDeclared for Licking County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$5K to the Village of Buckeye Lake for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $24K to the Village of Buckeye Lake for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Licking County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Buckeye Lake

Buckeye Lake and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Buckeye Lakemostly inland floodingHigh

Lickingmostly inland floodingModerate

Unionmostly inland floodingLow

Harbor Hillsmostly inland floodingLow

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