Natural hazards · Carroll

Carroll, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carroll comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Carroll?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carroll to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes10%Drought6%Heat waves6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Carroll faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Carroll flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fairfield County.

Disasters that hit Carroll

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CarrollDeclared for Fairfield County only

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$2K to the Village of Carroll for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

14 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Fairfield County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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