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Poland, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Poland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1980. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Poland?

15
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Poland to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes11%Everything else19%
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

71% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% 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.

3paid claims since 1980
$5Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19802026
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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PolandDeclared for Mahoning County only
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide

17 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $31K aid approved
2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

118 households applied for aid $147K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
Mahoning County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
Around Poland

Poland and the towns around it

Poland: Low, mostly inland floodingBoardman: Very low, mostly inland floodingStruthers: Low, mostly inland floodingLowellville: Very high, mostly inland floodingMahoning: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingCoitsville: Very low, mostly inland floodingYoungstown: Very low, mostly inland floodingCanfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingPoland: Very low, mostly inland flooding PolandPolandBoardman
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Polandmostly inland floodingLow
Polandmostly inland floodingVery low
Boardmanmostly 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 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Poland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village 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 $537K 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.

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