Natural hazards · Kenwood

Kenwood, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kenwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1985.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kenwood?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kenwood to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes26%Earthquakes11%Heat waves11%Cold waves7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Kenwood faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Kenwood flood?

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

3paid claims since 1985

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hamilton County.

Disasters that hit Kenwood

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into KenwoodDeclared for Hamilton County only

Hamilton County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Kenwood

Kenwood and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Columbiamostly inland floodingLow

Concorde Hillsmostly inland floodingLow

Madeiramostly inland floodingVery low

Sycamoremostly inland floodingVery low

Silvertonmostly inland floodingVery low

Deer Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Montgomerymostly inland floodingVery low

Kenwoodmostly inland floodingVery low

Rossmoynemostly inland floodingVery low

Blue Ashmostly 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. Kenwood covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kenwood’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Kenwood. 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 Kenwood total about $2.2M 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.