Natural hazards · Fox

Fox, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fox comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fox?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fox to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Lightning5%Everything else24%

By hazard

What Fox faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Fox flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carroll County.

Disasters that hit Fox

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FoxDeclared for Carroll County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$13K to the Township of Fox for repairs

Carroll County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Fox

Fox and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Franklinmostly inland floodingModerate

Springfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Foxmostly inland floodingLow

Leemostly inland floodingLow

Washingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Eastmostly inland floodingLow

Washingtonmostly 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. Fox 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 Fox’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Fox. 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.