Natural hazards · Seven Hills

Seven Hills, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Seven Hills comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1981. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Seven Hills?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Seven Hills to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding61%Cold waves18%Tornadoes13%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Seven Hills faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Seven Hills flood?

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

5paid claims since 1981

$42Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19812026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cuyahoga County.

Disasters that hit Seven Hills

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Seven HillsDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding Due to the Remnants of Hurricane Sandy

$27K to the City of Seven Hills for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

36 households applied for aid $39K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $58K to the City of Seven Hills for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

2 households applied for aid

Cuyahoga County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Seven Hills

Seven Hills and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Parmamostly inland floodingLow

Independencemostly inland floodingVery low

Seven Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

Brooklyn Heightsmostly 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. Seven Hills covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Seven Hills’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Seven Hills. 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 Seven Hills 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.