Natural hazards · Wright-Patterson AFB

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wright-Patterson AFB comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1991.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wright-Patterson AFB?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wright-Patterson AFB to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes19%Cold waves16%Earthquakes10%Strong wind6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Wright-Patterson AFB faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

6% 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 weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Wright-Patterson AFB flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Wright-Patterson AFB, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 1991

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19912026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Wright-Patterson AFB 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 Wright-Patterson AFB

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Wright-Patterson AFBDeclared for Greene County only

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

Around Wright-Patterson AFB

Wright-Patterson AFB and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Riversidemostly inland floodingLow

Beavercreekmostly inland floodingVery low

Huber Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Fairbornmostly inland floodingVery low

Bathmostly inland floodingVery low

Wright-Patterson AFBmostly 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. Wright-Patterson AFB covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wright-Patterson AFB’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wright-Patterson AFB. 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 Wright-Patterson AFB total about $585K 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.