Natural hazards · Rice

Rice, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rice 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 Rice?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rice to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes12%Strong wind6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Rice faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 34 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Rice flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sandusky County.

Disasters that hit Rice

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RiceDeclared for Sandusky County only

2004

Snow

$1K to the Township of Rice for repairs

Sandusky County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Rice

Rice and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Salemmostly inland floodingVery high

Rileymostly inland floodingModerate

Wightmans Grovemostly inland floodingModerate

Ricemostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Sanduskymostly inland floodingLow

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