Natural hazards · Madison

Madison, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Madison comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Madison?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Madison to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes12%Cold waves5%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Madison faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Madison flood?

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

18paid claims since 1979

$263Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 4 claims, $62K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lake County.

Disasters that hit Madison

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lake County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Madison itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into MadisonDeclared for Lake County only

Lake County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Madison

Madison and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Harpersfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Thompsonmostly inland floodingVery low

Madisonmostly inland floodingVery low

Genevamostly inland floodingVery low

Perrymostly 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. Madison covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Madison’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Madison. 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 Madison total about $2.9M 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.