Natural hazards · Lansing

Lansing, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lansing comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 66 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lansing?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lansing to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding92%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Lansing faces

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

Inland flooding

92% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Lansing flood?

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

66paid claims since 1979

$655Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 22 claims, $225K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $750

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Belmont County.

Disasters that hit Lansing

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LansingDeclared for Belmont County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $863 aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

75 households applied for aid $233K aid approved

Belmont County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Lansing covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lansing’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lansing. 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 Lansing total about $2.6M 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.