Natural hazards · Mantua

Mantua, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mantua comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mantua?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mantua to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Tornadoes10%Hail6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Mantua faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 83 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Mantua flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Portage County.

Disasters that hit Mantua

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MantuaDeclared for Portage County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

34 households applied for aid $50K aid approved $5K to the Village of Mantua for repairs

Portage County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Mantua

Mantua and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

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