Natural hazards · Tallmadge

Tallmadge, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tallmadge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2012. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tallmadge?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tallmadge to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Hail14%Tornadoes8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Tallmadge faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Tallmadge flood?

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

5paid claims since 2012

$132Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20122026

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

Insurance rates: Summit County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Tallmadge

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TallmadgeDeclared for Summit County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

46 households applied for aid $49K aid approved $46K to the City of Tallmadge for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

19 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

Summit County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Tallmadge

Tallmadge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Munroe Fallsmostly inland floodingLow

Kentmostly inland floodingLow

Akronmostly inland floodingVery low

Stowmostly inland floodingVery low

Tallmadgemostly inland floodingVery low

Suffieldmostly inland floodingVery low

Brimfieldmostly 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. Tallmadge covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tallmadge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tallmadge. 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 Tallmadge total about $3.0M 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.