Natural hazards · Lakemore

Lakemore, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lakemore comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lakemore?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lakemore to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Hail12%Tornadoes8%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Lakemore faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Lakemore flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Lakemore.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Summit County.

Disasters that hit Lakemore

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LakemoreDeclared for Summit County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Summit County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Lakemore

Lakemore and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lakemoremostly inland floodingVery low

Sawyerwoodmostly 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. Lakemore covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lakemore’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lakemore. 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 Lakemore total about $452K 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.