Natural hazards · Doylestown

Doylestown, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Doylestown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Doylestown?

5
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes17%Hail9%Strong wind7%Cold waves6%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Doylestown faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 6% 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

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% 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 Doylestown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Doylestown 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 Doylestown

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DoylestownDeclared for Wayne County only
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$15K to the Village of Doylestown for repairs
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. Doylestown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Doylestown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Doylestown. 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 Doylestown total about $487K 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.

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