Natural hazards · Lakeview

Lakeview, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lakeview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 34 claims here since 1980. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lakeview?

76
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lakeview to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Tornadoes6%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Lakeview faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

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 Lakeview flood?

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

34paid claims since 1980
$380Kpaid to owners
6homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Late winter storms: 5 claims, $81K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lakeview isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Logan County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Lakeview

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LakeviewDeclared for Logan County only
2024

Tornadoes

443 households applied for aid $2.5M aid approved
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

110 households applied for aid $47K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $13K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

77 households applied for aid $201K aid approved
Logan County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
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. Lakeview 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 Lakeview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lakeview. 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.

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