Natural hazards · Wilberforce

Wilberforce, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wilberforce comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wilberforce?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wilberforce to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves23%Tornadoes12%Earthquakes7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Wilberforce faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 70 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Wilberforce flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

Disasters that hit Wilberforce

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Greene County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Wilberforce itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WilberforceDeclared for Greene County only

Greene County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Wilberforce

Wilberforce and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Xeniamostly inland floodingVery low

Cedarvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Wilberforcemostly inland floodingVery low

Xeniamostly 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. Wilberforce 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 Wilberforce’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wilberforce. 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.