What disasters have hit this ZIP?

Three records of what has actually happened: every tornado track in the Storm Prediction Center's database since 1950 that passes within 5 miles of the ZIP's population center (a track is the straight line from touchdown to lift-off, so a tornado that lifted a mile away counts), every federal disaster or emergency declaration FEMA has issued for the ZIP's county, from Ohio's first in 1956, including statewide ones, and every earthquake of magnitude 2 or more the USGS has cataloged within 25 miles since 1970. Tornado ratings are the Fujita scale before 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after. The card also totals NOAA's Storm Events log for the county since 2016: hail, damaging wind, flash floods, lightning and the rest, with the largest hail, the strongest measured gust and the costliest single event. A county line tallies every tornado, severe thunderstorm, flood, winter storm and heat warning the National Weather Service has issued since 2015. FEMA's mitigation grant history for the county and the properties bought out, elevated or given safe rooms in the ZIP are listed. FEMA's household registrations after each declared disaster show who actually applied for help.

1,229 of 1,233 ZIPs have data; median 4.

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Map of Ohio by Disasters

Source

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database 1950-2025 (tracks within 5 miles of each ZIP's population-weighted center), OpenFEMA disaster declarations by county since 1956, USGS earthquake catalog M2+ since 1970 within 25 miles; NOAA Storm Events database 2016 to 2026, county-based reports (hail, wind, flooding, lightning) by county; National Weather Service watches, warnings and advisories by county since 2015 from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet VTEC archive; OpenFEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance projects and mitigated properties (v4 API, September 2026); OpenFEMA housing assistance registrations by ZIP (owners and renters, v2)

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