Natural hazards · Elkrun

Elkrun, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Elkrun comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Elkrun?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Elkrun to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Tornadoes9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Elkrun faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 55 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Elkrun flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Columbiana County.

Disasters that hit Elkrun

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ElkrunDeclared for Columbiana County only

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$30K to the Township of Elkrun for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Township of Elkrun for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

$8K to the Township of Elkrun for repairs

Columbiana County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Elkrun

Elkrun and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Centermostly inland floodingModerate

Elkrunmostly inland floodingModerate

Madisonmostly inland floodingLow

Waynemostly inland floodingLow

Middletonmostly inland floodingLow

Fairfieldmostly 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. Elkrun covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Elkrun’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Elkrun. 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 Elkrun total about $970K 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.