Natural hazards · Williamsfield

Williamsfield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Williamsfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Williamsfield?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Williamsfield to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding63%Tornadoes15%Strong wind8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Williamsfield faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 40 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% 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 Williamsfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ashtabula County.

Disasters that hit Williamsfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WilliamsfieldDeclared for Ashtabula County only

2006

Severe Storms, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Williamsfield

Williamsfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Andovermostly inland floodingLow

West Shenangomostly inland floodingLow

Cherry Valleymostly inland floodingVery low

Williamsfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

Waynemostly inland floodingVery low

Kinsmanmostly 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. Williamsfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Williamsfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Williamsfield. 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 Williamsfield total about $754K 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.