Natural hazards · Quaker

Quaker, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Quaker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 43 claims here since 1981. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Quaker?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Quaker to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Quaker faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Quaker flood?

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

43paid claims since 1981

$574Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 13 claims, $117K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Guernsey County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Quaker

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QuakerDeclared for Guernsey County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

49 households applied for aid $118K aid approved $17K to the Village of Quaker for repairs

Guernsey County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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