Natural hazards · Jackson Center

Jackson Center, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jackson Center comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2019. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jackson Center?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jackson Center to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding46%Earthquakes22%Tornadoes14%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Jackson Center faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Jackson Center flood?

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

1paid claims since 2019

$1.0Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20192026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shelby County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Jackson Center

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Jackson CenterDeclared for Shelby County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$7K to the Village of Jackson Center for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $884 aid approved $15K to the Village of Jackson Center for repairs

2004

Snow

$8K to the Village of Jackson Center for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

Shelby County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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