Natural hazards · Pataskala

Pataskala, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pataskala comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1990. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pataskala?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pataskala to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Hail9%Tornadoes6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Pataskala faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pataskala flood?

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

17paid claims since 1990

$338Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19902026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Licking County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Pataskala

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PataskalaDeclared for Licking County only

2024

Tornadoes

8 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$31K to the City of Pataskala for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$24K to the City of Pataskala for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$13K to the City of Pataskala for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

165 households applied for aid $112K aid approved $85K to the City of Pataskala for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Licking County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Pataskala

Pataskala and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pataskalamostly inland floodingLow

Columbusmostly inland floodingLow

Reynoldsburgmostly inland floodingLow

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingLow

Harrisonmostly inland floodingLow

Etnamostly inland floodingVery low

Beechwood Trailsmostly inland floodingVery low

Jerseymostly 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. Pataskala covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pataskala’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pataskala. 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 Pataskala total about $4.0M 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.