Natural hazards · Solon

Solon, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Solon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Solon?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Solon to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes13%Cold waves13%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Solon faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

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 Solon flood?

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

14paid claims since 1979

$383Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

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. Solon 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Solon

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SolonDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

517 households applied for aid $685K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

36 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $41K to the City of Solon for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

53 households applied for aid $53K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

9 households applied for aid

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

Around Solon

Solon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bentleyvillemostly inland floodingLow

Remindervillemostly inland floodingLow

Moreland Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

Solonmostly inland floodingVery low

Bedford Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Glenwillowmostly 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. Solon covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Solon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Solon. 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 Solon total about $6.2M 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.