Natural hazards · Springdale

Springdale, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springdale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1982. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springdale?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springdale to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes29%Heat waves12%Cold waves8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Springdale faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Springdale flood?

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

6paid claims since 1982

$150Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19822026

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. Springdale 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.

Disasters that hit Springdale

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringdaleDeclared for Hamilton County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$158K to the City of Springdale for repairs

2004

Snow

$27K to the City of Springdale for repairs

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

Around Springdale

Springdale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Glendalemostly inland floodingModerate

Fairfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Springfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Sharonvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Forest Parkmostly tornadoesVery low

Springdalemostly 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. Springdale covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Springdale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Springdale. 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 Springdale total about $2.6M 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.