Natural hazards · Plainville

Plainville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plainville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Plainville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plainville to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding68%Tornadoes17%Heat waves7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Plainville faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Plainville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hamilton County.

Disasters that hit Plainville

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlainvilleDeclared for Hamilton County only

Hamilton County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Plainville

Plainville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mariemontmostly inland floodingHigh

Plainvillemostly inland floodingModerate

The Village of Indian Hillmostly inland floodingLow

Columbiamostly 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. Plainville 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 Plainville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Plainville. 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.