Natural hazards · Danville

Danville, OH natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding67%Tornadoes9%Strong wind6%Hail6%Cold waves5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Danville faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Danville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Knox County.

Disasters that hit Danville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DanvilleDeclared for Knox County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$2K to the Village of Danville for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$7K to the Village of Danville for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$8K to the Village of Danville for repairs

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