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Floods in Ohio

Property owners in Ohio have filed 28,209 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $371 million paid.

  • 28,209flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $371Mpaid on those claims
  • 2004most claims in one year, 2,222
  • 17thamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Ohio per year 1978: 883 1979: 1,742 1980: 884 1981: 1,014 1982: 1,038 1983: 172 1984: 210 1985: 685 1986: 191 1987: 409 1988: 37 1989: 375 1990: 696 1991: 127 1992: 269 1993: 145 1994: 471 1995: 257 1996: 555 1997: 1,687 1998: 1,246 1999: 72 2000: 341 2001: 233 2002: 164 2003: 774 2004: 2,222 2,222 2005: 1,104 2006: 745 2007: 1,526 2008: 874 2009: 276 2010: 161 2011: 1,615 2012: 196 2013: 678 2014: 588 2015: 534 2016: 83 2017: 410 2018: 475 2019: 387 2020: 483 2021: 203 2022: 187 2023: 126 2024: 160 2025: 185 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Jun 27, 1998Flash FloodNoble5$10.0 million
Jul 21, 2003Flash FloodAshtabula, Geauga, Mahoning4$199 million
Jul 17, 2001Flash FloodAdams, Brown, Butler3$8.1 million
Jul 18, 2015Flash FloodBrown, Clark, Clinton3$3.0 million
Jul 27, 2003Flash FloodMahoning, Portage, Stark0$67.3 million

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Ohio
Hancock County2,049
Hamilton County1,950
Cuyahoga County1,730
Franklin County1,399
Ottawa County1,384
Washington County1,302
Lucas County1,201
Erie County1,103
Lake County882
Summit County817
Belmont County653
Clermont County623
Lorain County538
Butler County474
Lawrence County467
Putnam County461
Stark County456
Athens County422
Trumbull County405
Licking County400
Jefferson County397
Guernsey County373
Montgomery County347
Defiance County330
Richland County329
Scioto County318
Fairfield County311
Mahoning County305
Medina County290
Meigs County273
Allen County259
Marion County240
Wood County210
Warren County209
Jackson County193
Tuscarawas County192
Morgan County185
Muskingum County182
Gallia County176
Wayne County175
Noble County174
Henry County163
Hocking County157
Greene County156
Adams County155
Crawford County154
Miami County150
Brown County149
Ashtabula County146
Sandusky County145
Perry County137
Clark County136
Wyandot County127
Ross County125
Auglaize County124
Seneca County123
Holmes County120
Logan County117
Columbiana County116
Monroe County108
Pike County105
Delaware County101
Shelby County97
Mercer County96
Harrison County90
Portage County85
Geauga County73
Huron County71
Pickaway County71
Knox County65
Coshocton County60
Ashland County58
Union County56
Preble County48
Champaign County38
Van Wert County36
Darke County35
Fulton County34
Paulding County34
Williams County32
Carroll County31
Madison County22
Fayette County20
Hardin County17
Clinton County16
Vinton County15
Morrow County9
Highland County2

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).