Natural hazards · Hinckley

Hinckley, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hinckley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2014. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hinckley?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hinckley to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding63%Tornadoes17%Strong wind5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Hinckley faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 86 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Hinckley flood?

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

3paid claims since 2014

$63Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20142026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Medina County.

Disasters that hit Hinckley

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HinckleyDeclared for Medina County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $33K to the Township of Hinckley for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

7 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $8K to the Township of Hinckley for repairs

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

Around Hinckley

Hinckley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hinckleymostly inland floodingVery low

North Royaltonmostly inland floodingVery low

Grangermostly inland floodingVery low

Richfieldmostly 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. Hinckley covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hinckley’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Hinckley. 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 Hinckley total about $1.9M 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.