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 very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Claridon?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes10%Strong wind10%Everything else15%

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

66% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Strong wind

10% 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 Claridon flood?

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

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: Geauga County.

Disasters that hit Claridon

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClaridonDeclared for Geauga County only

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

Around Claridon

Claridon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Huntsburgmostly inland floodingLow

Munsonmostly inland floodingVery low

Hambdenmostly inland floodingVery low

Claridonmostly inland floodingVery low

Burtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Chardonmostly 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. Claridon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Claridon’s own flood-insurance community; 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 $536K 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.