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 low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2020.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marion?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marion to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding40%Cold waves29%Tornadoes10%Strong wind8%Everything else13%

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

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Marion flood?

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

1paid claims since 2020

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20202026

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: Marion County.

Disasters that hit Marion

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarionDeclared for Marion County only

Marion County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Marion

Marion and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Big Islandmostly inland floodingHigh

Green Campmostly inland floodingHigh

Claridonmostly inland floodingLow

Pleasantmostly inland floodingLow

Marionmostly inland floodingLow

Grand Prairiemostly 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. Marion covers 13 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 $9.5M 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.