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Lowellville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lowellville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1980. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lowellville?

98
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lowellville to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding95%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Lowellville faces

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

Inland flooding

95% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once 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 Lowellville flood?

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

1paid claims since 1980
$674paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19802026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lowellville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Mahoning County.
Disasters that hit Lowellville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LowellvilleDeclared for Mahoning County only
2019

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

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $37K aid approved
2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

33 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $28K to the Village of Lowellville for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $13K aid approved
Mahoning County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
Around Lowellville

Lowellville and the towns around it

Poland: Low, mostly inland floodingStruthers: Low, mostly inland floodingBoardman: Very low, mostly inland floodingPoland: Very low, mostly inland floodingMahoning: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingCoitsville: Very low, mostly inland floodingCampbell: Very low, mostly inland floodingYoungstown: Very low, mostly inland floodingLowellville: Very high, mostly inland flooding LowellvillePolandStruthers
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lowellvillemostly inland floodingVery high
Polandmostly inland floodingLow
Struthersmostly 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. Lowellville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lowellville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lowellville. 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 Lowellville total about $1.4M 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.

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