Natural hazards · Lordstown

Lordstown, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lordstown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1993. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lordstown?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lordstown to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes16%Strong wind8%Hail6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Lordstown faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 95 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Lordstown flood?

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

2paid claims since 1993

$33Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Trumbull County.

Disasters that hit Lordstown

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LordstownDeclared for Trumbull County only

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Trumbull County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Lordstown

Lordstown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Newtonmostly inland floodingLow

Weathersfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Warrenmostly inland floodingLow

Austintownmostly inland floodingVery low

Lordstownmostly inland floodingVery low

Jacksonmostly 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. Lordstown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lordstown’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lordstown. 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 Lordstown total about $809K 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.