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 6 claims here since 2009. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Canfield?

9
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canfield to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes13%Hail6%Strong wind5%Everything else10%
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

66% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% 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

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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.

6paid claims since 2009
$257Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20092026

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. 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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CanfieldDeclared for Mahoning County only
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide

190 households applied for aid $317K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

46 households applied for aid $71K aid approved
2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

184 households applied for aid $288K aid approved $6K to the City of Canfield for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $30K aid approved
Mahoning County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
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 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Canfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City 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 $1.3M 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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