Natural hazards · Granville

Granville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Granville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1990. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Granville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Granville to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Hail13%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Granville 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 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Granville flood?

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

3paid claims since 1990

$451Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Licking County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Granville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GranvilleDeclared for Licking County only

2024

Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$79K to the Village of Granville for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$92K to the Village of Granville for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

136 households applied for aid $89K aid approved $68K to the Village of Granville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$7K to the Village of Granville for repairs

Licking County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Granville

Granville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Newarkmostly inland floodingLow

Unionmostly inland floodingLow

Granvillemostly inland floodingLow

Granvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Newarkmostly inland floodingVery low

Granville Southmostly 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. Granville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Granville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Granville. 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 Granville total about $911K 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.