Natural hazards · Fairview Park

Fairview Park, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fairview Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2005. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fairview Park?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fairview Park to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves21%Tornadoes11%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Fairview Park faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Fairview Park flood?

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

2paid claims since 2005

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20052026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cuyahoga County.

Disasters that hit Fairview Park

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Fairview Park itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Fairview Park.

Brought FEMA money into Fairview ParkDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding Due to the Remnants of Hurricane Sandy

$35K to the City of Fairview Park for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $950 aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

7 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

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

Around Fairview Park

Fairview Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brook Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Clevelandmostly inland floodingLow

Westlakemostly inland floodingVery low

Fairview Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

North Olmstedmostly inland floodingVery low

Rocky Rivermostly inland floodingVery low

Lakewoodmostly 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. Fairview Park covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fairview Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fairview Park. 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 Fairview Park total about $3.2M 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.