Natural hazards · Hanoverton

Hanoverton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hanoverton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 2003. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hanoverton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hanoverton to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Tornadoes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Hanoverton faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 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 Hanoverton flood?

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

10paid claims since 2003

$93Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20032026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Columbiana County.

Disasters that hit Hanoverton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HanovertonDeclared for Columbiana County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

33 households applied for aid $33K aid approved $3K to the Village of Hanoverton for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Columbiana County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Hanoverton 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 Hanoverton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Hanoverton. 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.

Hanoverton, OH natural hazards

How exposed is Hanoverton?

What Hanoverton faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Hanoverton flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

Severe Storms and Flooding

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