Natural hazards · Randolph

Randolph, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Randolph comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2004. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Randolph?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Randolph to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes10%Hail7%Strong wind6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Randolph faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 71 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% 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 wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Randolph flood?

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

1paid claims since 2004

$818paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Portage County.

Disasters that hit Randolph

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RandolphDeclared for Portage County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

1 household applied for aid

Portage County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Randolph

Randolph and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Marlboromostly inland floodingVery low

Rootstownmostly inland floodingVery low

Randolphmostly inland floodingVery low

Suffieldmostly inland floodingVery low

Atwatermostly 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. Randolph covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Randolph’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Randolph. 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 Randolph total about $871K 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.