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Switzerland, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Switzerland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Switzerland?

46
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Switzerland to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Switzerland faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 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 Switzerland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Switzerland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Monroe County.
Disasters that hit Switzerland

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SwitzerlandDeclared for Monroe County only
2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$195K to the Township of Switzerland for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$2K to the Township of Switzerland for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$20K to the Township of Switzerland for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$2K to the Township of Switzerland for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$84K to the Township of Switzerland for repairs
2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

$11K to the Township of Switzerland for repairs
2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$4K to the Township of Switzerland for repairs
Monroe County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Switzerland

Switzerland and the towns around it

Salem: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSunsbury: Low, mostly inland floodingYork: Very high, mostly inland floodingClarington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAdams: Low, mostly inland floodingOhio: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreen: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCenter: Very low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Very high, mostly inland floodingMalaga: Low, mostly inland floodingMead: High, mostly inland floodingPowhatan Point: Very high, mostly inland floodingSwitzerland: Moderate, mostly inland flooding SwitzerlandSalemSunsburyYork
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Yorkmostly inland floodingVery high
Switzerlandmostly inland floodingModerate
Salemmostly inland floodingModerate
Sunsburymostly 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. Switzerland 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 Switzerland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Switzerland. 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.

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