Natural hazards · Claridon

Claridon, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Claridon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1987.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Claridon?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Claridon to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves18%Tornadoes8%Strong wind6%Hail5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Claridon faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Claridon flood?

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

13paid claims since 1987

$172Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19872026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 2 claims, $23K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

Disasters that hit Claridon

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Marion County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Claridon itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into ClaridonDeclared for Marion County only

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

Around Claridon

Claridon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Richlandmostly inland floodingHigh

Canaanmostly inland floodingLow

Claridonmostly inland floodingLow

Scottmostly inland floodingLow

Marionmostly inland floodingLow

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. Claridon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Claridon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Claridon. 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 Claridon total about $2.1M 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.