Natural hazards · Sugar Grove

Sugar Grove, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sugar Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1980. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sugar Grove?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sugar Grove to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Tornadoes5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Sugar Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 64 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Sugar Grove flood?

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

1paid claims since 1980

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fairfield County.

Disasters that hit Sugar Grove

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Sugar GroveDeclared for Fairfield County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$1K to the Village of Sugar Grove for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $99K to the Village of Sugar Grove for repairs

Fairfield 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. Sugar Grove 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 Sugar Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Sugar Grove. 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.