Natural hazards · Powell

Powell, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Powell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1990. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Powell?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding67%Tornadoes13%Hail5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Powell faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Powell flood?

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

2paid claims since 1990

$25Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Delaware County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Powell

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PowellDeclared for Delaware County only

2024

Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$11K to the City of Powell for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$20K to the City of Powell for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2004

Snow

$13K to the City of Powell for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$5K to the City of Powell for repairs

Delaware County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Powell 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 Powell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Powell. 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.

Powell, OH natural hazards

How exposed is Powell?

What Powell faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Powell flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Tornadoes

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

Snow

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

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