Natural hazards · Harris

Harris, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Harris comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Harris?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Harris to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes12%Strong wind7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Harris faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Harris flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ottawa County.

Disasters that hit Harris

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Ottawa County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Harris itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into HarrisDeclared for Ottawa County only

Ottawa County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Harris

Harris and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Salemmostly inland floodingVery high

Woodvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Harrismostly inland floodingHigh

Bentonmostly inland floodingHigh

Elmoremostly inland floodingHigh

Claymostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

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