Natural hazards · Eldorado

Eldorado, OH natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eldorado to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes26%Strong wind10%Cold waves7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Eldorado faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 38 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Eldorado flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Preble County.

Disasters that hit Eldorado

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EldoradoDeclared for Preble County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$10K to the Village of Eldorado for repairs

2004

Snow

$2K to the Village of Eldorado for repairs

Preble County has had 9 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. Eldorado 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 Eldorado’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Eldorado. 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.