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Natural hazards · Minerva Park

Minerva Park, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Minerva Park 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 Minerva Park?

15
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Minerva Park to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding51%Cold waves19%Tornadoes11%Heat waves11%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Minerva Park 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
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Heat waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Minerva Park flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979
$9Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Minerva Park isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Franklin County.
Disasters that hit Minerva Park

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Minerva ParkDeclared for Franklin County only
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$5K to the Village of Minerva Park for repairs
2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$10K to the Village of Minerva Park for repairs
Franklin County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Minerva Park

Minerva Park and the towns around it

Blendon: High, mostly inland floodingColumbus: Low, mostly inland floodingWesterville: Low, mostly inland floodingHuber Ridge: High, mostly inland floodingPlain: Low, mostly inland floodingGenoa: Low, mostly inland floodingMinerva Park: Very low, mostly inland flooding Minerva ParkBlendon
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Blendonmostly inland floodingHigh
Minerva Parkmostly 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. Minerva Park 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 Minerva Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Minerva Park. 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.

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