Natural hazards · Woodmere

Woodmere, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Woodmere comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Woodmere?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Woodmere to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding64%Cold waves15%Tornadoes13%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Woodmere faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Woodmere flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cuyahoga County.

Disasters that hit Woodmere

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WoodmereDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $673 aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Cuyahoga County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Woodmere

Woodmere and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pepper Pikemostly inland floodingVery low

Woodmeremostly inland floodingVery low

Orangemostly inland floodingVery low

Beachwoodmostly 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. Woodmere 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 Woodmere’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Woodmere. 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.