Natural hazards · Springfield

Springfield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springfield?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springfield to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes13%Hail6%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Springfield faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Springfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mahoning County.

Disasters that hit Springfield

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Mahoning County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Springfield itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into SpringfieldDeclared for Mahoning County only

Mahoning County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Springfield

Springfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Unitymostly inland floodingLow

North Beavermostly inland floodingLow

Polandmostly inland floodingLow

Beavermostly inland floodingVery low

Springfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

North Limamostly inland floodingVery low

Petersburgmostly 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. Springfield covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Springfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Springfield. 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 Springfield total about $1.5M 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.