Natural hazards · Richfield

Richfield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Richfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Richfield?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Richfield to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding54%Hail18%Tornadoes10%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Richfield faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

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 Richfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Summit County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Richfield

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RichfieldDeclared for Summit County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$21K to the Village of Richfield for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

13 households applied for aid $27K aid approved $12K to the Village of Richfield for repairs

Summit County has had 10 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. Richfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Richfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Richfield. 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 Richfield total about $613K 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.