Natural hazards · Buckskin

Buckskin, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buckskin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1994. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buckskin?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckskin to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Drought8%Tornadoes6%Lightning6%Heat waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Buckskin faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Buckskin flood?

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

8paid claims since 1994

$149Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ross County.

Disasters that hit Buckskin

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BuckskinDeclared for Ross County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Buckskin for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$7K to the Township of Buckskin for repairs

Ross County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Buckskin

Buckskin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Buckskinmostly inland floodingModerate

Paintmostly inland floodingModerate

Twinmostly inland floodingModerate

Waynemostly inland floodingLow

Perrymostly inland floodingLow

Concordmostly inland floodingLow

Madisonmostly inland floodingVery low

Greenfieldmostly 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. Buckskin covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Buckskin’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Buckskin. 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 Buckskin total about $1.8M 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.