Natural hazards · Palmyra

Palmyra, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Palmyra comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Palmyra?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Palmyra to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes13%Hail8%Strong wind6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Palmyra faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 88 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% 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 Palmyra flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Portage County.

Disasters that hit Palmyra

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PalmyraDeclared for Portage County only

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

$13K to the Township of Palmyra for repairs

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

Around Palmyra

Palmyra and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Parismostly inland floodingVery low

Deerfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

Palmyramostly inland floodingVery low

Edinburgmostly inland floodingVery low

Miltonmostly 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. Palmyra covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Palmyra’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Palmyra. 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 Palmyra total about $445K 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.