Natural hazards · Killbuck

Killbuck, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Killbuck comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 47 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Killbuck?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Killbuck to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Tornadoes7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Killbuck faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Killbuck flood?

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

47paid claims since 1978

$262Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 10 claims, $85K
March storm: 1 claim, $998

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Holmes County.

Disasters that hit Killbuck

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KillbuckDeclared for Holmes County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$6K to the Township of Killbuck for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$75K to the Township of Killbuck for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$30K to the Township of Killbuck for repairs

Holmes County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Killbuck

Killbuck and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clarkmostly inland floodingHigh

Monroemostly inland floodingModerate

Killbuckmostly inland floodingModerate

Richlandmostly inland floodingModerate

Mechanicmostly 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. Killbuck covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Killbuck’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Killbuck. 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 Killbuck total about $1.5M 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.