Natural hazards · Canfield

Canfield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Canfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2009. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Canfield?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canfield to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Tornadoes12%Hail6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Canfield faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Canfield flood?

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

7paid claims since 2009

$267Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mahoning County.

Disasters that hit Canfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CanfieldDeclared for Mahoning County only

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

$19K to the Township of Canfield for repairs

Mahoning County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Canfield

Canfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Canfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

Boardmanmostly inland floodingVery low

Austintownmostly inland floodingVery low

Ellsworthmostly 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. Canfield covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Canfield’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Canfield. 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 Canfield total about $3.6M 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.