Natural hazards · Rawson

Rawson, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rawson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rawson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rawson to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Tornadoes14%Hail11%Cold waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Rawson faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Rawson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hancock County.

Disasters that hit Rawson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RawsonDeclared for Hancock County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

13 households applied for aid $49K aid approved

Hancock County has had 11 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. Rawson 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 Rawson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Rawson. 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.