Natural hazards · Highland Hills

Highland Hills, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Highland Hills comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Highland Hills?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Highland Hills to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves19%Tornadoes13%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Highland Hills faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Highland Hills flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cuyahoga County.

Disasters that hit Highland Hills

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Highland HillsDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

14 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

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

Around Highland Hills

Highland Hills and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Shaker Heightsmostly inland floodingModerate

Warrensville Heightsmostly inland floodingLow

Highland Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

Beachwoodmostly 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. Highland Hills covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Highland Hills’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Highland Hills. 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 Highland Hills total about $889K 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.