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Natural hazards · Galena

Galena, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Galena comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Galena?

36
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Galena to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Tornadoes11%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Galena faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 94 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Galena flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Galena isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Delaware County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Galena

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GalenaDeclared for Delaware County only
2024

Tornadoes

132 households applied for aid $161K aid approved
2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$10K to the Village of Galena for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

8 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $13K to the Village of Galena for repairs
2004

Snow

$1K to the Village of Galena for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
Delaware County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
Around Galena

Galena and the towns around it

Sunbury: Low, mostly inland floodingBerkshire: Low, mostly inland floodingTrenton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGalena: Low, mostly inland flooding GalenaSunbury
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Galenamostly inland floodingLow
Sunburymostly 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. Galena 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 Galena’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Galena. 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.

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