Natural hazards · Syracuse

Syracuse, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Syracuse comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1996. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Syracuse?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Syracuse to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Syracuse faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Syracuse flood?

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

2paid claims since 1996

$17Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $16K

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. Syracuse isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Meigs County.

Disasters that hit Syracuse

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SyracuseDeclared for Meigs County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$12K to the Village of Syracuse for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$88K to the Village of Syracuse for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $19K to the Village of Syracuse for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $5K to the Village of Syracuse for repairs

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

Around Syracuse

Syracuse and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Syracusemostly inland floodingVery high

Suttonmostly inland floodingHigh

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