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Natural hazards · Perry

Perry, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Perry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1990.

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

How exposed is Perry?

20
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Perry to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves15%Tornadoes11%Heat waves9%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Perry faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Perry flood?

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

16paid claims since 1990
$180Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19902026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Perry isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Franklin County.
Disasters that hit Perry

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Franklin County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Perry itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into PerryDeclared for Franklin County only
Franklin County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Perry

Perry and the towns around it

Columbus: Low, mostly inland floodingWorthington: Very low, mostly inland floodingSharon: Very low, mostly inland floodingUpper Arlington: Low, mostly inland floodingDublin: Low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Low, mostly inland floodingHamilton: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorwich: Low, mostly inland floodingJackson: Very low, mostly inland floodingMifflin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMadison: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlain: Low, mostly inland floodingBlendon: High, mostly inland floodingPrairie: Low, mostly inland floodingHilliard: Low, mostly inland floodingJefferson: Low, mostly inland floodingRiverlea: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWesterville: Low, mostly inland floodingMarble Cliff: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJerome: Low, mostly inland floodingConcord: Low, mostly inland floodingShawnee Hills: Low, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Low, mostly inland floodingDarby: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPerry: Low, mostly inland flooding PerryColumbusWorthingtonSharonUpper ArlingtonDublinWashington
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Dublinmostly inland floodingLow
Washingtonmostly inland floodingLow
Columbusmostly inland floodingLow
Upper Arlingtonmostly inland floodingLow
Perrymostly inland floodingLow
Sharonmostly inland floodingVery low
Worthingtonmostly 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. Perry covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Perry’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Perry. 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 Perry total about $3.3M 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.