Natural hazards · Paris

Paris, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Paris comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2003. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Paris?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Paris to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Hail6%Tornadoes5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Paris faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Paris flood?

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

3paid claims since 2003

$43Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Paris 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 Paris

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParisDeclared for Stark County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

1 household applied for aid $9K aid approved

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

Around Paris

Paris and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brownmostly inland floodingHigh

Parismostly inland floodingModerate

Minervamostly inland floodingModerate

Westmostly inland floodingModerate

Osnaburgmostly 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. Paris covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Paris’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Paris. 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 Paris total about $1.3M 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.