Natural hazards · Thompson

Thompson, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Thompson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Thompson?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Thompson to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes11%Strong wind8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Thompson faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Thompson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Geauga County.

Disasters that hit Thompson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ThompsonDeclared for Geauga County only

2006

Severe Storms, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $74K aid approved

Geauga County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Thompson

Thompson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Trumbullmostly inland floodingLow

Montvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Leroymostly inland floodingVery low

Thompsonmostly inland floodingVery low

Madisonmostly 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. Thompson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Thompson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Thompson. 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 Thompson total about $344K 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.