Natural hazards · Strongsville

Strongsville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Strongsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 38 claims here since 1980. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Strongsville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Strongsville to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding65%Cold waves17%Tornadoes11%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Strongsville faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

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 Strongsville flood?

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

38paid claims since 1980

$988Kpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 2 claims, $12K

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. Strongsville 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

7flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Strongsville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StrongsvilleDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding Due to the Remnants of Hurricane Sandy

$66K to the City of Strongsville for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

42 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $21K to the City of Strongsville for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

16 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

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

Around Strongsville

Strongsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Columbiamostly inland floodingVery low

North Royaltonmostly inland floodingVery low

Strongsvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Bereamostly inland floodingVery low

Middleburg Heightsmostly 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. Strongsville covers 10 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Strongsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Strongsville. 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 Strongsville total about $10.8M 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.