Natural hazards · Valley View

Valley View, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Valley View comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 308 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Valley View?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Valley View to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Tornadoes8%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Valley View faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Valley View flood?

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

308paid claims since 1978

$5.8Mpaid to owners

37homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 33 claims, $818K
Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $6K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (15) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cuyahoga County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

92homes raised above flood level

52flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Valley View

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Valley ViewDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

86 households applied for aid $171K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

5 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Cuyahoga County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Valley View

Valley View and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Valley Viewmostly inland floodingLow

Independencemostly inland floodingVery low

Cuyahoga Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Sagamore Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

Garfield Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Walton Hillsmostly 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. Valley View covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Valley View’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Valley View. 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 Valley View total about $1.6M 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.