Natural hazards · Dalton

Dalton, OH natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dalton to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes17%Hail9%Strong wind7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Dalton faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Dalton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Dalton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into DaltonDeclared for Wayne County only

Wayne County has had 8 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. Dalton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dalton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Dalton. 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 Dalton total about $738K 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.