Natural hazards · Lithopolis

Lithopolis, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lithopolis comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Lithopolis?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lithopolis to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes10%Heat waves5%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Lithopolis faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lithopolis flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fairfield County.

Disasters that hit Lithopolis

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LithopolisDeclared for Fairfield County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$6K to the Village of Lithopolis for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$4K to the Village of Lithopolis for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$4K to the Village of Lithopolis for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$6K to the Village of Lithopolis for repairs

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

Around Lithopolis

Lithopolis and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Canal Winchestermostly inland floodingModerate

Lithopolismostly inland floodingLow

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. Lithopolis 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 Lithopolis’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lithopolis. 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.