Natural hazards · Marion

Marion, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marion comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 397 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marion?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marion to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes13%Hail9%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Marion faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Marion flood?

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

397paid claims since 1978

$9.9Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 55 claims, $1.1M
Tropical Storm Erin: 2 claims, $22K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hancock County.

Disasters that hit Marion

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarionDeclared for Hancock County only

Hancock County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Marion

Marion and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Marionmostly inland floodingHigh

Findlaymostly inland floodingHigh

Jacksonmostly inland floodingHigh

Amandamostly inland floodingHigh

Cassmostly inland floodingModerate

Biglickmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Marion covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marion’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Marion. 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 Marion total about $3.7M 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.