Natural hazards · Dodson

Dodson, OH natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dodson to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes11%Drought9%Heat waves6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Dodson faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Dodson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Highland County.

Disasters that hit Dodson

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DodsonDeclared for Highland County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$1K to the Township of Dodson for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$5K to the Township of Dodson for repairs

Highland County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Dodson

Dodson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hamermostly inland floodingModerate

Salemmostly inland floodingModerate

Perrymostly inland floodingLow

Dodsonmostly inland floodingLow

Lynchburgmostly inland floodingLow

Unionmostly inland floodingLow

Clarkmostly 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. Dodson 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 Dodson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Dodson. 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.