Natural hazards · Munson

Munson, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Munson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1989.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Munson?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Munson to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Strong wind8%Tornadoes8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Munson faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 94 years 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 Munson flood?

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

1paid claims since 1989

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19892026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Geauga County.

Disasters that hit Munson

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Geauga County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Munson itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into MunsonDeclared for Geauga County only

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

Around Munson

Munson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Chardonmostly inland floodingLow

Munsonmostly inland floodingVery low

Chestermostly inland floodingVery low

Bass Lakemostly inland floodingVery low

Claridonmostly inland floodingVery low

Newburymostly inland floodingVery low

Chardonmostly 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. Munson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Munson’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Munson. 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 Munson total about $1.6M 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.