Natural hazards · Greentown

Greentown, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greentown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1981. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greentown?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greentown to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes9%Hail8%Cold waves7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Greentown faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Greentown flood?

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

8paid claims since 1981

$190Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stark County.

Disasters that hit Greentown

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreentownDeclared for Stark County only

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Stark County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Greentown

Greentown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greentownmostly inland floodingVery low

Uniontownmostly 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. Greentown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greentown’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Greentown. 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 Greentown total about $1.2M 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.