Natural hazards · Etna

Etna, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Etna comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1982. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Etna?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Etna to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Hail11%Tornadoes7%Strong wind5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Etna faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Etna flood?

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

18paid claims since 1982

$194Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Licking County.

Disasters that hit Etna

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EtnaDeclared for Licking County only

2024

Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Licking County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Etna

Etna and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pataskalamostly inland floodingLow

Violetmostly inland floodingLow

Truromostly inland floodingLow

Reynoldsburgmostly inland floodingLow

Harrisonmostly inland floodingLow

Etnamostly 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. Etna covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Etna’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Etna. 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 Etna total about $4.2M 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.