Natural hazards · York

York, OH natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is York?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in York to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Drought7%Everything else18%

By hazard

What York faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 York flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Morgan County.

Disasters that hit York

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into YorkDeclared for Morgan County only

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

Around York

York and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bloommostly inland floodingVery high

Claymostly inland floodingHigh

Brush Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Harrisonmostly inland floodingHigh

Yorkmostly inland floodingModerate

Deerfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Bearfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

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