Natural hazards · Convoy

Convoy, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Convoy comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Convoy?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Convoy to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes16%Strong wind13%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Convoy 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 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Convoy flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Van Wert County.

Disasters that hit Convoy

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConvoyDeclared for Van Wert County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$6K to the Village of Convoy for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

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