Natural hazards · Wren

Wren, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wren comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Wren?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wren to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes14%Strong wind13%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Wren faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Wren flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Van Wert County.

Disasters that hit Wren

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WrenDeclared for Van Wert County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$6K to the Village of Wren for repairs

Van Wert County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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