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Leetonia, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leetonia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Leetonia?

16
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leetonia to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Tornadoes11%Hail5%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Leetonia faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

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 Leetonia flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Leetonia

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeetoniaDeclared for Columbiana County only
2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$4K to the Village of Leetonia for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

55 households applied for aid $95K aid approved $70K to the Village of Leetonia for repairs
2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

29 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $41K to the Village of Leetonia for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved
Columbiana County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
Around Leetonia

Leetonia and the towns around it

Salem: Very low, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingWashingtonville: Very low, mostly inland floodingPerry: Very low, mostly inland floodingCenter: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreen: Very low, mostly inland floodingBeaver: Very low, mostly inland floodingElkrun: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnity: Low, mostly inland floodingColumbiana: Very low, mostly inland floodingLeetonia: Very low, mostly inland flooding LeetoniaSalemFairfieldWashingtonville
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Leetoniamostly inland floodingVery low
Fairfieldmostly inland floodingVery low
Salemmostly inland floodingVery low
Washingtonvillemostly 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. Leetonia 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 Leetonia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Leetonia. 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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