Natural hazards · Fowler

Fowler, OH natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fowler to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Tornadoes13%Strong wind7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Fowler faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 88 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Fowler flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Trumbull County.

Disasters that hit Fowler

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FowlerDeclared for Trumbull County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $162 aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

7 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Trumbull County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Fowler

Fowler and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fowlermostly inland floodingLow

Hartfordmostly inland floodingVery low

Johnstonmostly inland floodingVery low

Cortlandmostly inland floodingVery low

Viennamostly 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. Fowler covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fowler’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Fowler. 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 Fowler total about $554K 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.