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Urbancrest, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Urbancrest comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Urbancrest?

3
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Urbancrest to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves13%Tornadoes12%Heat waves8%Earthquakes7%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Urbancrest faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Urbancrest flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Urbancrest isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Franklin County.
Disasters that hit Urbancrest

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into UrbancrestDeclared for Franklin County only
2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$22K to the Village of Urbancrest for repairs
2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$2K to the Village of Urbancrest for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $5K to the Village of Urbancrest for repairs
2004

Snow

$1K to the Village of Urbancrest for repairs
Franklin County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Urbancrest

Urbancrest and the towns around it

Grove City: Very low, mostly inland floodingJackson: Very low, mostly inland floodingColumbus: Low, mostly inland floodingHamilton: Very low, mostly inland floodingPleasant: Low, mostly inland floodingFranklin: Low, mostly inland floodingScioto: Low, mostly inland floodingPrairie: Low, mostly inland floodingNorwich: Low, mostly inland floodingMifflin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMadison: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlain: Low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Low, mostly inland floodingBlendon: High, mostly inland floodingHilliard: Low, mostly inland floodingSharon: Very low, mostly inland floodingJefferson: Low, mostly inland floodingUrbancrest: Very low, mostly inland flooding UrbancrestGrove CityJacksonColumbus
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Columbusmostly inland floodingLow
Jacksonmostly inland floodingVery low
Grove Citymostly inland floodingVery low
Urbancrestmostly 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. Urbancrest 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 Urbancrest’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Urbancrest. 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.

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