Natural hazards · Copley

Copley, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Copley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 50 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Copley?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Copley to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Hail14%Tornadoes8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Copley faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Copley flood?

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

50paid claims since 1979

$584Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 3 claims, $38K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Summit County.

Disasters that hit Copley

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CopleyDeclared for Summit County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$55K to the Township of Copley for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $2K to the Township of Copley for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

34 households applied for aid $50K aid approved $20K to the Township of Copley for repairs

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

Around Copley

Copley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Akronmostly inland floodingVery low

Copleymostly inland floodingVery low

Bathmostly inland floodingVery low

Nortonmostly inland floodingVery low

Sharonmostly inland floodingVery low

Fairlawnmostly inland floodingVery low

Montrose-Ghentmostly 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. Copley covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Copley’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Copley. 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 Copley total about $3.9M 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.