Natural hazards · Johnstown

Johnstown, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Johnstown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Johnstown?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Johnstown to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Hail11%Tornadoes7%Strong wind5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Johnstown faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Johnstown flood?

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

1paid claims since 1979

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Johnstown 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Johnstown

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JohnstownDeclared for Licking County only

2024

Tornadoes

11 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$8K to the City of Johnstown for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$13K to the City of Johnstown for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$7K to the City of Johnstown for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

52 households applied for aid $39K aid approved $38K to the City of Johnstown for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

33 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

2 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$4K to the City of Johnstown for repairs

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

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. Johnstown 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 Johnstown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Johnstown. 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.

Johnstown, OH natural hazards

How exposed is Johnstown?

What Johnstown faces

Inland flooding

Hail

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Johnstown flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Tornadoes

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

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