Natural hazards · Medina

Medina, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Medina comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Medina?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Medina to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes23%Strong wind8%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Medina faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Medina flood?

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

17paid claims since 1979

$54Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Medina County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Medina

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MedinaDeclared for Medina County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$32K to the City of Medina for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

37 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

139 households applied for aid $209K aid approved $47K to the City of Medina for repairs

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

Around Medina

Medina and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Montvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Medinamostly inland floodingVery low

Yorkmostly inland floodingVery low

Lafayettemostly inland floodingVery low

Medinamostly 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. Medina covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Medina’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Medina. 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 Medina total about $3.2M 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.