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Natural hazards · Paxton

Paxton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Paxton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Paxton?

44
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Paxton to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Lightning6%Tornadoes6%Heat waves6%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Paxton faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Paxton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Paxton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Ross County.
Disasters that hit Paxton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PaxtonDeclared for Ross County only
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Paxton for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$2K to the Township of Paxton for repairs
Ross County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Paxton

Paxton and the towns around it

Paint: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTwin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPaint: Low, mostly inland floodingPerry: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMadison: Very low, mostly inland floodingBuckskin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHuntington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnion: Very low, mostly inland floodingConcord: Low, mostly inland floodingScioto: Low, mostly inland floodingMarshall: Low, mostly inland floodingHighland Holiday: Low, mostly inland floodingRocky Fork Point: Low, mostly inland floodingBrushcreek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Low, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Very low, mostly inland floodingPenn: Low, mostly inland floodingMifflin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBenton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPaxton: Moderate, mostly inland flooding PaxtonPaintTwinPaintPerry
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Perrymostly inland floodingModerate
Paintmostly inland floodingModerate
Paxtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Twinmostly inland floodingModerate
Paintmostly inland floodingLow
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. Paxton is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Paxton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Paxton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.

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