Natural hazards · Drexel

Drexel, OH natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Drexel to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding43%Cold waves15%Tornadoes11%Earthquakes11%Strong wind6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Drexel faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Drexel flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

Disasters that hit Drexel

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into DrexelDeclared for Montgomery County only

Montgomery County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Drexel

Drexel and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingLow

Daytonmostly inland floodingLow

Drexelmostly 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. Drexel covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Drexel’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Drexel. 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 Drexel total about $190K 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.