Natural hazards · Cridersville

Cridersville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cridersville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cridersville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cridersville to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes12%Earthquakes8%Cold waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Cridersville faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 46 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Cridersville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Auglaize County.

Disasters that hit Cridersville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CridersvilleDeclared for Auglaize County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

74 households applied for aid $53K aid approved $27K to the Village of Cridersville for repairs

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

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