Natural hazards · Orange

Orange, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orange comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orange?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orange to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding64%Cold waves15%Tornadoes13%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Orange faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Orange flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Orange.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cuyahoga County.

Disasters that hit Orange

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrangeDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

Cuyahoga County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Orange

Orange and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Warrensville Heightsmostly inland floodingLow

Moreland Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

Pepper Pikemostly inland floodingVery low

Orangemostly inland floodingVery low

Woodmeremostly inland floodingVery low

Beachwoodmostly 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. Orange covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Orange’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Orange. 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 Orange total about $1.0M 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.