Natural hazards · Uniontown

Uniontown, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Uniontown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Uniontown?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding58%Tornadoes10%Hail9%Cold waves9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Uniontown faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Uniontown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stark County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Uniontown

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into UniontownDeclared for Stark County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $120 aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

26 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

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

Around Uniontown

Uniontown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greentownmostly inland floodingVery low

Lakemostly inland floodingVery low

Uniontownmostly inland floodingVery low

Greenmostly 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. Uniontown 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 Uniontown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Uniontown. 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.