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Jackson, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jackson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 claims here since 1979.

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

How exposed is Jackson?

16
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jackson to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Cold waves15%Tornadoes10%Heat waves9%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Jackson faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Jackson flood?

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

29paid claims since 1979
$199Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $5K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Jackson isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Franklin County.
Disasters that hit Jackson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into JacksonDeclared for Franklin County only
Franklin County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Jackson

Jackson and the towns around it

Columbus: Low, mostly inland floodingGrove City: Very low, mostly inland floodingFranklin: Low, mostly inland floodingHamilton: Very low, mostly inland floodingScioto: Low, mostly inland floodingPleasant: Low, mostly inland floodingUrbancrest: Very low, mostly inland floodingPrairie: Low, mostly inland floodingNorwich: Low, mostly inland floodingMifflin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMadison: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlain: Low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Low, mostly inland floodingBlendon: High, mostly inland floodingHilliard: Low, mostly inland floodingSharon: Very low, mostly inland floodingJefferson: Low, mostly inland floodingValleyview: Very low, mostly inland floodingLincoln Village: Very low, mostly inland floodingObetz: Very low, mostly inland floodingLockbourne: Very low, mostly inland floodingHarrison: High, mostly inland floodingGroveport: Very low, mostly inland floodingDarby: Low, mostly inland floodingCommercial Point: Low, mostly inland floodingOrient: Low, mostly inland floodingJackson: Low, mostly inland floodingMuhlenberg: Low, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Low, mostly inland floodingJefferson: Low, mostly inland floodingHarrisburg: Low, mostly inland floodingLake Darby: High, mostly inland floodingWest Jefferson: Low, mostly inland floodingBrown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJackson: Very low, mostly inland flooding JacksonColumbusGrove CityFranklinHamiltonSciotoPleasantUrbancrestPrairie
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Columbusmostly inland floodingLow
Pleasantmostly inland floodingLow
Franklinmostly inland floodingLow
Prairiemostly inland floodingLow
Sciotomostly inland floodingLow
Jacksonmostly inland floodingVery low
Grove Citymostly inland floodingVery low
Hamiltonmostly inland floodingVery low
Urbancrestmostly 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. Jackson covers 12 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jackson’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Jackson. 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 Jackson total about $12.8M 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.

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