Natural hazards · Champion

Champion, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Champion comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 2002. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Champion?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Champion to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding58%Tornadoes17%Strong wind9%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Champion faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Champion flood?

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

9paid claims since 2002

$149Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20022026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 1 claim, $5K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Trumbull County.

Disasters that hit Champion

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChampionDeclared for Trumbull County only

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

1 household applied for aid $6K aid approved $2K to the Township of Champion for repairs

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

Around Champion

Champion and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bristolmostly inland floodingLow

Warrenmostly inland floodingLow

Southingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Warrenmostly inland floodingVery low

Bazettamostly inland floodingVery low

Championmostly 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. Champion covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Champion’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Champion. 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 Champion total about $1.6M 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.