Natural hazards · East

East, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding69%Tornadoes9%Lightning6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What East faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 31 years in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carroll County.

Disasters that hit East

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into EastDeclared for Carroll County only

Carroll County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around East

East and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Franklinmostly inland floodingModerate

Foxmostly inland floodingLow

Eastmostly inland floodingLow

Augustamostly inland floodingLow

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