Natural hazards · Grandview Heights

Grandview Heights, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grandview Heights comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1989. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Grandview Heights?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grandview Heights to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Cold waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Grandview Heights faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Grandview Heights flood?

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

3paid claims since 1989

$30Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19892026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Grandview Heights

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Grandview HeightsDeclared for Franklin County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$5K to the City of Grandview Heights for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$66K to the City of Grandview Heights for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$17K to the City of Grandview Heights for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$4K to the City of Grandview Heights for repairs

2004

Snow

$6K to the City of Grandview Heights for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$5K to the City of Grandview Heights for repairs

Franklin County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Grandview Heights covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Grandview Heights’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Grandview Heights. 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 Grandview Heights total about $4.1M 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.