Natural hazards · East Canton

East Canton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Canton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2003. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Canton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Canton to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes10%Hail9%Cold waves8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What East Canton faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 East Canton flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in East Canton, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 2003

$15Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20032026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stark County.

Disasters that hit East Canton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East CantonDeclared for Stark County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

9 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

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

Around East Canton

East Canton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cantonmostly inland floodingLow

Osnaburgmostly inland floodingVery low

East Cantonmostly 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. East Canton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to East Canton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of East Canton. 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 East Canton total about $1.0M 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.