Natural hazards · Nimishillen

Nimishillen, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nimishillen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 19 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nimishillen?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes9%Hail9%Cold waves8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Nimishillen faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Nimishillen flood?

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

19paid claims since 1979

$616Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 1 claim, $127K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Nimishillen 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 Nimishillen

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NimishillenDeclared for Stark County only

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

$750 to the Township of Nimishillen for repairs

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

Around Nimishillen

Nimishillen and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cantonmostly inland floodingLow

Plainmostly inland floodingLow

Osnaburgmostly inland floodingVery low

Marlboromostly inland floodingVery low

Nimishillenmostly inland floodingVery low

Washingtonmostly 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. Nimishillen covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nimishillen’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Nimishillen. 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 Nimishillen total about $2.5M 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.