Natural hazards · Fulton

Fulton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fulton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fulton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fulton to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes15%Drought13%Cold waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Fulton faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 37 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Fulton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fulton County.

Disasters that hit Fulton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Fulton County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Fulton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into FultonDeclared for Fulton County only

Fulton County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Fulton

Fulton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fultonmostly inland floodingModerate

Amboymostly inland floodingModerate

Swan Creekmostly inland floodingLow

Pikemostly inland floodingLow

Deltamostly inland floodingLow

Yorkmostly inland floodingLow

Hardingmostly inland floodingLow

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. Fulton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fulton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Fulton. 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 Fulton total about $1.0M 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.