Natural hazards · McKean

McKean, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McKean comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McKean?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McKean to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Hail8%Everything else17%

By hazard

What McKean faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce 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 McKean flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in McKean.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Licking County.

Disasters that hit McKean

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McKeanDeclared for Licking County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$3K to the Township of McKean for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$3K to the Township of McKean for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$25K to the Township of McKean for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$2K to the Township of McKean for repairs

Licking County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around McKean

McKean and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

McKeanmostly inland floodingModerate

Newtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Libertymostly inland floodingLow

Burlingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Granvillemostly 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. McKean 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 McKean’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of McKean. 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.