Natural hazards · Logan

Logan, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Logan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1991. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Logan?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Logan to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Logan faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Logan flood?

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

7paid claims since 1991

$478Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19912026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hocking County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Logan

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LoganDeclared for Hocking County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide

4 households applied for aid

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$28K to the City of Logan for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$11K to the City of Logan for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

11 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $25K to the City of Logan for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$12K to the City of Logan for repairs

Hocking County has had 14 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. Logan 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 Logan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Logan. 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.