Natural hazards · Violet

Violet, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Violet comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2006. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Violet?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Violet to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Tornadoes9%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Violet faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Violet flood?

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

2paid claims since 2006

$38Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20062026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fairfield County.

Disasters that hit Violet

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VioletDeclared for Fairfield County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$10K to the Township of Violet for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$30K to the Township of Violet for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$15K to the Township of Violet for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$32K to the Township of Violet for repairs

Fairfield County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Violet

Violet and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Canal Winchestermostly inland floodingModerate

Madisonmostly inland floodingModerate

Libertymostly inland floodingModerate

Pickeringtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Violetmostly inland floodingLow

Columbusmostly inland floodingLow

Truromostly inland floodingLow

Bloommostly inland floodingLow

Reynoldsburgmostly inland floodingLow

Etnamostly 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. Violet covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Violet’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Violet. 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 Violet total about $12.4M 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.