Natural hazards · Shawnee

Shawnee, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shawnee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shawnee?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shawnee to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Tornadoes6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Shawnee faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 60 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Shawnee flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Perry County.

Disasters that hit Shawnee

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShawneeDeclared for Perry County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$11K to the Village of Shawnee for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $24K to the Village of Shawnee for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$946 to the Village of Shawnee for repairs

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

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. Shawnee covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Shawnee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Shawnee. 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 Shawnee total about $627K 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.