Natural hazards · Starr

Starr, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Starr comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Starr?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Starr to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Starr faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Starr flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hocking County.

Disasters that hit Starr

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StarrDeclared for Hocking County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$3K to the Township of Starr for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$9K to the Township of Starr for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$4K to the Township of Starr for repairs

Hocking County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Starr

Starr and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Yorkmostly inland floodingVery high

Brownmostly inland floodingHigh

Greenmostly inland floodingHigh

Starrmostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Starr 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 Starr’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Starr. 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.