Natural hazards · Munroe Falls

Munroe Falls, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Munroe Falls comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 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 Munroe Falls?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Munroe Falls to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Hail10%Tornadoes7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Munroe Falls faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% 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 Munroe Falls flood?

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

10paid claims since 2003

$220Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20032026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 1 claim, $35K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Summit County.

Disasters that hit Munroe Falls

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Munroe FallsDeclared for Summit County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$13K to the City of Munroe Falls for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $526 aid approved $6K to the City of Munroe Falls for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

45 households applied for aid $75K aid approved $9K to the City of Munroe Falls for repairs

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

Around Munroe Falls

Munroe Falls and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Munroe Fallsmostly inland floodingLow

Cuyahoga Fallsmostly inland floodingLow

Stowmostly inland floodingVery low

Tallmadgemostly 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. Munroe Falls covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Munroe Falls’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Munroe Falls. 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 Munroe Falls total about $1.3M 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.