Natural hazards · Hopewell

Hopewell, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hopewell 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 Hopewell?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hopewell to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Hail6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Hopewell faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hopewell flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Licking County.

Disasters that hit Hopewell

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into HopewellDeclared for Licking County only

Licking County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Hopewell

Hopewell and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hopewellmostly inland floodingHigh

Gratiotmostly inland floodingHigh

Franklinmostly inland floodingLow

Bowling Greenmostly inland floodingLow

Hopewellmostly inland floodingLow

Hanovermostly inland floodingLow

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. Hopewell covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hopewell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Hopewell. 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 Hopewell total about $1.1M 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.