Natural hazards · Wadsworth

Wadsworth, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wadsworth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1980. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wadsworth?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes21%Strong wind7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Wadsworth faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Wadsworth flood?

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

3paid claims since 1980

$64Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19802026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Medina County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Wadsworth

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WadsworthDeclared for Medina County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$129K to the City of Wadsworth for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $6K to the City of Wadsworth for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

15 households applied for aid $25K aid approved $17K to the City of Wadsworth for repairs

Medina County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Wadsworth

Wadsworth and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wadsworthmostly inland floodingVery low

Sharonmostly 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. Wadsworth covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wadsworth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wadsworth. 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 Wadsworth total about $4.0M 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.