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Natural hazards · Sycamore

Sycamore, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sycamore comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1978.

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

How exposed is Sycamore?

14
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sycamore to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes24%Heat waves11%Earthquakes8%Cold waves7%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Sycamore faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Heat waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Sycamore flood?

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

6paid claims since 1978
$11Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $375
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sycamore isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hamilton County.
Disasters that hit Sycamore

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Hamilton County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Sycamore itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into SycamoreDeclared for Hamilton County only
Hamilton County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Sycamore

Sycamore and the towns around it

Montgomery: Very low, mostly inland floodingKenwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingDeer Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingConcorde Hills: Low, mostly inland floodingSharonville: Very low, mostly inland floodingMadeira: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrecon: Very low, mostly inland floodingBlue Ash: Very low, mostly inland floodingDillonvale: Low, mostly inland floodingThe Village of Indian Hill: Low, mostly inland floodingReading: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRossmoyne: Very low, mostly inland floodingSymmes: Low, mostly inland floodingSixteen Mile Stand: Very low, mostly inland floodingColumbia: Low, mostly inland floodingSilverton: Very low, mostly inland floodingEvendale: Low, mostly inland floodingGlendale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Chester: Very low, mostly inland floodingSpringdale: Very low, mostly inland floodingDeerfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingCincinnati: Low, mostly inland floodingHighpoint: Very low, mostly inland floodingAmberley: Low, mostly inland floodingMiami: Very low, mostly inland floodingRemington: Low, mostly inland floodingMilford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTerrace Park: High, mostly inland floodingCamp Dennison: High, mostly inland floodingMariemont: High, mostly inland floodingMiamiville: Low, mostly inland floodingLockland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingArlington Heights: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSycamore: Very low, mostly inland flooding SycamoreMontgomeryKenwoodDeer ParkConcorde HillsSharonvilleMadeiraBreconBlue AshDillonvaleThe Village of Indian HillReadingRossmoyne
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Readingmostly inland floodingModerate
The Village of Indian Hillmostly inland floodingLow
Dillonvalemostly inland floodingLow
Concorde Hillsmostly inland floodingLow
Madeiramostly inland floodingVery low
Sycamoremostly inland floodingVery low
Sharonvillemostly inland floodingVery low
Deer Parkmostly inland floodingVery low
Montgomerymostly inland floodingVery low
Breconmostly inland floodingVery low
Kenwoodmostly inland floodingVery low
Rossmoynemostly inland floodingVery low
Blue Ashmostly 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. Sycamore covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sycamore’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sycamore. 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 Sycamore total about $4.8M 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.

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