Natural hazards · Taylor

Taylor, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Taylor comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2005. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Taylor?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Taylor to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes10%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Taylor faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Taylor flood?

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

7paid claims since 2005

$119Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20052026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $39K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Union County.

Disasters that hit Taylor

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TaylorDeclared for Union County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$2K to the Township of Taylor for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$4K to the Township of Taylor for repairs

Union County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Taylor

Taylor and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Taylormostly inland floodingModerate

Yorkmostly inland floodingModerate

Leesburgmostly inland floodingModerate

Parismostly inland floodingLow

Libertymostly 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. Taylor covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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