Natural hazards · Turtle Creek

Turtle Creek, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Turtle Creek comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Turtle Creek?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Turtle Creek to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding46%Earthquakes23%Tornadoes14%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Turtle Creek faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Turtle Creek flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shelby County.

Disasters that hit Turtle Creek

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Shelby County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Turtle Creek itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Turtle CreekDeclared for Shelby County only

Shelby County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Turtle Creek

Turtle Creek and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

McLeanmostly inland floodingLow

Cynthianmostly inland floodingLow

Van Burenmostly inland floodingLow

Washingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Turtle Creekmostly inland floodingVery low

Franklinmostly 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. Turtle Creek 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 Turtle Creek’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Turtle Creek. 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.