Natural hazards · Sunfish

Sunfish, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sunfish comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims 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 Sunfish?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sunfish to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Heat waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Sunfish faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Sunfish flood?

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

12paid claims since 1980

$71Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pike County.

Disasters that hit Sunfish

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SunfishDeclared for Pike County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$7K to the Township of Sunfish for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$23K to the Township of Sunfish for repairs

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

Around Sunfish

Sunfish and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rardenmostly inland floodingHigh

Sunfishmostly inland floodingHigh

Newtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Camp Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Pebblemostly inland floodingHigh

Mifflinmostly inland floodingModerate

Bentonmostly inland floodingModerate

Franklinmostly inland floodingLow

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. Sunfish covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sunfish’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sunfish. 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 Sunfish 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.