Natural hazards · Orrville

Orrville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orrville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 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 Orrville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orrville to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes15%Hail8%Strong wind6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Orrville faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Orrville flood?

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

6paid claims since 1979

$10Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Orrville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrrvilleDeclared for Wayne County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$80K to the City of Orrville for repairs

Wayne County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Orrville covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Orrville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Orrville. 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 Orrville total about $1.4M 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.