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Natural hazards · Trimble

Trimble, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Trimble comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 100 claims here since 1990. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Trimble?

87
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Trimble faces

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

Inland flooding

89% 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 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 Trimble flood?

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

100paid claims since 1990
$1.3Mpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19902026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 19 claims, $189K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Trimble isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Athens County.
Disasters that hit Trimble

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TrimbleDeclared for Athens County only
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$1K to the Township of Trimble for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$22K to the Township of Trimble for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$41K to the Township of Trimble for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$41K to the Township of Trimble for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$5K to the Township of Trimble for repairs
2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$36K to the Township of Trimble for repairs
Athens County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Trimble

Trimble and the towns around it

Dover: Very high, mostly inland floodingMonroe: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWard: Very high, mostly inland floodingHomer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAthens: High, mostly inland floodingYork: Very high, mostly inland floodingAmes: High, mostly inland floodingUnion: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPleasant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCoal: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBearfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDeerfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreen: High, mostly inland floodingNelsonville: Very high, mostly inland floodingBuchtel: Very high, mostly inland floodingMarion: High, mostly inland floodingTrimble: Very high, mostly inland flooding TrimbleDoverMonroeWardHomer
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Trimblemostly inland floodingVery high
Wardmostly inland floodingVery high
Dovermostly inland floodingVery high
Homermostly inland floodingModerate
Monroemostly inland floodingModerate
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. Trimble covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Trimble’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Trimble. 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 Trimble total about $2.4M 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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