Natural hazards · Cynthian

Cynthian, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cynthian 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 Cynthian?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cynthian to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding54%Earthquakes17%Tornadoes13%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Cynthian faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 26 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Cynthian flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shelby County.

Disasters that hit Cynthian

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CynthianDeclared for Shelby County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$5K to the Township of Cynthian for repairs

2004

Snow

$1K to the Township of Cynthian for repairs

Shelby County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Cynthian

Cynthian and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cynthianmostly inland floodingLow

McLeanmostly inland floodingLow

Pattersonmostly inland floodingLow

Loramiemostly inland floodingVery low

Washingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Turtle Creekmostly 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. Cynthian 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 Cynthian’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Cynthian. 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.