Natural hazards · South Solon

South Solon, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in South Solon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is South Solon?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in South Solon to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes12%Cold waves9%Strong wind8%Earthquakes6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What South Solon faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 South Solon flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in South Solon.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. South 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: Madison County.

Disasters that hit South Solon

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into South SolonDeclared for Madison County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$5K to the Village of South Solon for repairs

Madison County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. South Solon is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to South Solon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of South Solon. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.