Natural hazards · Minerva

Minerva, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Minerva comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2003. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Minerva?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Minerva to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Hail6%Tornadoes5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Minerva faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

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 Minerva flood?

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

4paid claims since 2003

$48Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20032026

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. Minerva isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Stark County.

Disasters that hit Minerva

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MinervaDeclared for Stark County only

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $6K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

83 households applied for aid $169K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

44 households applied for aid $66K aid approved

Stark County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Minerva

Minerva and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pekinmostly inland floodingHigh

Minervamostly inland floodingModerate

Parismostly inland floodingModerate

Westmostly 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. Minerva 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’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Minerva. 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.