Natural hazards · Ravenna

Ravenna, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ravenna comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ravenna?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes11%Hail6%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Ravenna faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% 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

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Ravenna flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Ravenna.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Ravenna 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 Ravenna

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RavennaDeclared for Portage County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

103 households applied for aid $141K aid approved $51K to the City of Ravenna for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

273 households applied for aid $409K aid approved $10K to the City of Ravenna for repairs

Portage County has had 8 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. Ravenna covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ravenna’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ravenna. 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 Ravenna total about $2.5M 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.