Silverton is calmer than 86% of U.S. communities
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Silverton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
What stands out about Silverton’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
How exposed is Silverton?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.
Calmer than 2,053 of the 2,573 Ohio towns we cover.
Silverton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Does Silverton flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Silverton. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Silverton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hamilton County.What Silverton faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Tornadoes
Heat waves
Cold waves
Earthquakes
2 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Silverton
Disasters that paid out in Silverton itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Silverton) and its biggest flood years.
- 2008Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike$22K to the Village of Silverton for repairs
- 2004Snow$4K to the Village of Silverton for repairs
Hamilton County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Old photos of Silverton after a storm or flood belong in the town’s history. Add one, or share what you remember below.
Add to the Silverton archive →Get ready for what Silverton actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Know the nearest cooling center or air-conditioned library.
- Drink water before you feel thirsty.
- Check on neighbors who live alone.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Silverton and its neighbors
Silverton ranks 3rd calmest of 7 towns around it. Tap a town to see its hazards.
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Most disasters here begin in April–June
The month each of Hamilton County’s 15 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Silverton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Silverton.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Silverton, expected losses total about $979K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Silverton.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.