Natural hazards · Sharon Center

Sharon Center, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sharon Center comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2002. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sharon Center?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sharon Center to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding59%Tornadoes20%Strong wind6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Sharon Center 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

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 79 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Sharon Center flood?

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

7paid claims since 2002

$1.0Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20022026

Biggest named events

Torrential rain: 2 claims, $202K
Late winter storms: 1 claim, $24K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Medina County.

Disasters that hit Sharon Center

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Sharon Center itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Sharon Center.

Brought FEMA money into Sharon CenterDeclared for Medina County only

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Medina 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. Sharon Center covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sharon Center’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sharon Center. 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 Sharon Center total about $1.7M 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.