Natural hazards · Poland

Poland, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Poland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1980. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Poland?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Poland to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Tornadoes11%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Poland faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Poland flood?

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

7paid claims since 1980

$38Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 1 claim, $1K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mahoning County.

Disasters that hit Poland

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PolandDeclared for Mahoning County only

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

$375 to the Township of Poland for repairs

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

Around Poland

Poland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lowellvillemostly inland floodingVery high

Mahoningmostly inland floodingModerate

Polandmostly inland floodingLow

Struthersmostly inland floodingLow

Polandmostly inland floodingVery low

Boardmanmostly inland floodingVery low

Coitsvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Springfieldmostly 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. Poland covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Poland’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Poland. 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 Poland total about $2.9M 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.