Natural hazards · Wickliffe

Wickliffe, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wickliffe comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2013. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wickliffe?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wickliffe to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Tornadoes11%Strong wind5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Wickliffe faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% 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 Wickliffe flood?

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

1paid claims since 2013

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20132026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lake County.

Disasters that hit Wickliffe

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WickliffeDeclared for Lake County only

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$36K to the City of Wickliffe for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

231 households applied for aid $206K aid approved $16K to the City of Wickliffe for repairs

Lake County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Wickliffe

Wickliffe and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Willoughby Hillsmostly inland floodingLow

Willoughbymostly inland floodingVery low

Euclidmostly inland floodingVery low

Willowickmostly inland floodingVery low

Wickliffemostly 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. Wickliffe covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wickliffe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wickliffe. 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 Wickliffe total about $1.7M 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.