Hazard Plain Automated baseline

Auglaize County, OH

Risk-assessment baseline packet

County FIPS:
39011
Release:
2026-10
Data as of:
2026-09-30
Storm Events data through:
2026-06-30

Hazard Plain is an independent product built from public federal data. It is not a FEMA document and is not reviewed or endorsed by FEMA or any state agency.

Hazard Plain release 2026-10, as of 2026-09-30.

Summary

Plan status as of 2026-09-30: No approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligible.

Update: FEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoption.

Highest expected annual loss (FEMA National Risk Index, modeled total; see B1-a): Inland Flooding ($8,864,189 a year), Tornado ($1,843,836) and Earthquake ($1,489,055).

The tables that follow are organized by the items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool, Element B (B1-a to B2-c); each heading says which item its tables support.

Plan clock

Status:
No approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligible
Plan:
none
Approved:
none
Expires:
none
Update underway:
FEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoption

Not yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.

What changed since your last plan

Not available. No approved plan on record, so there is no approval date to count from.

Sources: 1, 2, 4, 6 (numbered list at the end)

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county

Source: 1

JurisdictionTypeStatusPlanApprovedExpiresDays to expirynegative = days since expiryUpdate underwayNotes
Auglaize CountyCountyNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligiblenonenonenoneFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Buckland villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligiblenonenonenoneFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Cridersville villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligiblenonenonenoneFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Minster villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligiblenonenonenoneFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
New Bremen villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligiblenonenonenoneFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
New Knoxville villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligiblenonenonenoneFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
St. Marys cityCityNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligiblenonenonenoneFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Wapakoneta cityCityNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligiblenonenonenoneFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Waynesfield villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligiblenonenonenoneFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.

State plan status and tribal plans in this state: see the state page.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-a: hazard identification

Hazards NRI does not cover (local data needed)

  • dam failure (incl. upstream dams)
  • levee failure
  • flash flood as its own subtype
  • ice jams
  • debris flows
  • erosion (riverine and coastal)
  • land subsidence and sinkholes
  • expansive soils

The 18 National Risk Index hazards, ranked by expected annual loss (EAL)

Sources: 5, 6

Rank by EALHazardNRI risk ratingEAL ratingEAL buildingsmodeled dollars per yearEAL agriculturemodeled dollars per yearCost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damageEAL total (see note)modeled dollars per yearStorm Events records, 1996 to 2026-06-30countStorm Events coverage note
1Inland FloodingRelatively LowRelatively Low$8,724,467$94,958$44,765$8,864,18981
2TornadoRelatively LowRelatively Low$1,345,385$2,187$496,265$1,843,83620
3EarthquakeRelatively LowRelatively Low$1,169,925n/a$319,131$1,489,055Storm Events does not record earthquakes.
4Cold WaveRelatively LowRelatively Low$801$43,078$666,378$710,2574Includes 1 Frost/Freeze record (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition; counted in this table and in B1-d, not in the B1-e descriptor).
5Strong WindRelatively LowRelatively Moderate$305,434$10,487$316,513$632,434176Includes 15 High Wind and 4 Strong Wind records (NOAA non-thunderstorm wind types, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition).
6HailRelatively LowRelatively Low$603,125$9,202$1,243$613,57081
7LightningRelatively LowRelatively Low$16,370n/a$199,904$216,2742
8Heat WaveVery LowVery Low$3,379$3$157,116$160,4985
9Ice StormRelatively LowRelatively Moderate$141,937n/a$8,686$150,6226
10Winter WeatherRelatively LowRelatively Moderate$54,044$1,039$42,530$97,613116
11HurricaneVery LowVery Low$15,019$17,431$133$32,5830No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
12WildfireVery LowVery Low$1,782$3$152$1,9370No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
13LandslideVery LowVery Low$33n/a$363$3960Declared 2 times; no Storm Events record of this type.
14DroughtNo RatingNo Expected Annual Lossesn/a$0n/a$02

Total = buildings + agriculture + population equivalence; FEMA values each expected death (or 10 injuries) at $13.7 million (2024 dollars).

NRI risk rating combines expected annual loss with social vulnerability and community resilience; EAL rating rates expected annual loss alone. Both compare this county with all U.S. counties.

Local data needed: state and local wildfire and landslide records (Storm Events records these hazards only in part).

Not applicable to this county per NRI, with no federal declaration and no Storm Events record since 1996: avalanche, coastal flooding, tsunami and volcanic activity. That is the evidence for leaving them out of the plan.

The state hazard mitigation plan also lists hazards for this county; FEMA asks the plan to explain any hazard it leaves out.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-b: hazard location

Affects the whole county (national data give no location within it): Cold Wave, Drought, Hail, Heat Wave, Ice Storm, Lightning, Strong Wind and Winter Weather.

Inland Flooding: The FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is the required location source for flooding. See the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (https://msc.fema.gov) for this county.

Hazards that vary within the county: highest-rated census tracts

Source: 5

HazardHighest-rated census tractsNRI risk rating, score 0 to 100
Earthquaketract 404 (Relatively Moderate, 81.5); tract 410 (Relatively Moderate, 80.6); tract 403 (Relatively Moderate, 80.1)
Hurricanetract 401 (Very Low, 47.0); tract 405 (Very Low, 46.8); tract 411 (Very Low, 44.6)
Landslidetract 405 (Relatively Low, 84.2); tract 411 (Very Low, 78.4); tract 401 (Very Low, 73.6)
Tornadotract 404 (Relatively High, 82.4); tract 410 (Relatively High, 75.8); tract 409 (Relatively Moderate, 74.4)
Wildfiretract 405 (Very Low, 52.1); tract 410 (Very Low, 51.3); tract 412.02 (Very Low, 48.8)

Up to 3 census tracts per hazard, highest National Risk Index rating first, then highest score; a tract number is the Census tract number (for example 404 is Census Tract 404). FEMA's Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool maps the National Risk Index for every tract: https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/resilience-analysis-and-planning-tool

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-c: hazard extent

Extent: scale, observed range and worst recorded event per hazard

Sources: 6, 7

HazardScaleRecordscount and yearsObserved rangeWorst recorded eventMost damaging (when different)How it applies to jurisdictionsNote
Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chillwind chill3 records, 1996 to 2022 (3 zone-level)1 day to 5 days (median 3 days); 3 with a recorded value5 consecutive days, 1996-02-01 to 1996-02-05, zone-levelCountywide (zone-level records).
Frost/Freeze (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition)crop damage1 record, 2007 (1 zone-level)Frost/Freeze, 2007-04-06, $540,000 crop damage (2007 dollars); NWS zone OHZ035Countywide (zone-level records).
DroughtU.S. Drought Monitor scale (D0 to D4)2 records, 1999 (2 zone-level)62 days; 1 with a recorded value62 days (2 months), 1999-07-01 to 1999-08-31, a run of 2 consecutive Storm Events drought records, zone-levelCountywide (zone-level records).Storm Events enters a drought at D2 or worse east of the Rockies and D3 or worse from the Rockies west (NWS Instruction 10-1605); NRI drought counts D3 and D4 only.
EarthquakeModified Mercalli (local data)0Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hailhail size (inches)94 records, 1980 to 20260.75 in to 2.75 in (median 1 in); 92 with a recorded value2.75 in hail, 1992-08-27; same size also recorded on 1980-07-12Hail, 1994-06-28, property not recorded; $50,000 crops (1994 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Wapakoneta city (15 records), New Bremen village (14 records), St. Marys city (12 records), Waynesfield village (10 records), New Knoxville village (6 records), Cridersville village (5 records), Buckland village (4 records), Minster village (3 records).
Excessive Heat, Heatheat index (in event narratives)5 records, 1999 to 2019 (5 zone-level)2 days to 12 days (median 10 days); 3 with a recorded value12 consecutive days, 1999-07-20 to 1999-07-31, zone-levelCountywide (zone-level records).
Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical DepressionSaffir-Simpson0Storm Events files every zone of a storm's episode under the storm's type; flooding from the storm is filed as Flood or Flash Flood records.
Ice StormSperry-Piltz ice scale (local data)6 records, 1996 to 2018 (6 zone-level)No damage reported in 6 records.Countywide (zone-level records).
Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flooddamage and flood days (flood depth: FIRM)81 records, 1996 to 2024 (14 zone-level)Flood, 2004-05-21, property not reported; $890,000 crops (2004 dollars); NWS zone OHZ035Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: St. Marys city (20 records), Wapakoneta city (16 records), Cridersville village (8 records), Waynesfield village (4 records), New Bremen village (3 records), New Knoxville village (3 records), Buckland village (1 record). Zone-level records (14) apply countywide.Flood depth: see the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. Storm Events damage is often $0 or blank for floods, major ones included; FEMA Public Assistance by declaration (B1-d) shows which floods cost the most.
Debris Flownone (count and damage only)0
Lightningannualized frequency (the measure FEMA's Local Mitigation Planning Handbook names)2 records, 1996Lightning, 1996-02-27, $100,000 property; crops not reported (1996 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Wapakoneta city (1 record).Storm Events lists lightning with damage or casualties.
High Wind and Strong Wind (outside NRI's Strong Wind definition)wind speed (kt and mph)19 records, 1997 to 2026 (19 zone-level)39 kt (45 mph) to 60 kt (69 mph) (median 50 kt (58 mph)); 19 with a recorded value60 kt (69 mph) estimated, High Wind, 2002-03-09; NWS zone OHZ035High Wind, 2008-09-14, $5,500,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 2008 dollars)Countywide (zone-level records).
Thunderstorm Windwind speed (kt and mph)198 records, 1961 to 202645 kt (52 mph) to 83 kt (96 mph) (median 50 kt (58 mph)); 160 with a recorded value83 kt (96 mph) estimated gust, Thunderstorm Wind, 2010-06-27; same speed and measurement basis also recorded on 2010-06-23Thunderstorm Wind, 2013-07-10, $300,000 property; $0 crops (2013 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Wapakoneta city (36 records), St. Marys city (34 records), New Bremen village (12 records), Buckland village (7 records), Cridersville village (7 records), Waynesfield village (7 records), Minster village (6 records), New Knoxville village (4 records).Speeds under 20 kt (likely entry errors) are left out of the observed range.
TornadoEnhanced Fujita (Fujita before Feb 2007)24 records, 1980 to 2026F/EF0 to F/EF3 (median between F/EF0 and F/EF1); 24 with a recorded valueEF3 tornado, 2024-03-14, 9.19 mi within this county, 1,000 yd wide, $1,000,000 property; $0 crops (2024 dollars), 2 direct injuriesTornado, 2023-03-31, $3,000,000 property; $0 crops (2023 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Wapakoneta city (4 records), New Knoxville village (2 records), St. Marys city (2 records), Waynesfield village (2 records), Cridersville village (1 record), Minster village (1 record).Before 1996 a tornado is listed once, under the county where it began, with its whole path's rating and length; from 1996 on, each county lists its own segment. Length is not used to rank tornadoes (see Methods).
Wildfireacres burned (local data)0
Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleetnone in data (snowfall: local data)116 records, 1996 to 2026 (116 zone-level)Winter Storm, 1996-01-06, $500,000 property; crops not reported (1996 dollars); NWS zone OHZ035Countywide (zone-level records).

In event narratives only (local data needed): wind chill, temperature, heat index, ice thickness, acres burned and snow depth; any physical measure of debris flow and lightning.

Storm Events records are more complete after 1996; before 1996 only Tornado (from 1950), Hail and Thunderstorm Wind (from 1955) exist. Zone-level records from zones that no NWS zone-county file places in this county (mostly before 2020) are not counted here (the Methods page explains the zone matching).

Dollars are nominal (as reported), labeled with the year; not adjusted for inflation.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-d: previous occurrences

Federal declarations for this county: 13 declarations covering 8 separate hazard incidents counted in this packet (declarations for the same incident count once; non-natural and evacuation-only declarations are not counted).

No approved plan on record, so there is no approval date to count from.

Federal disaster declarations for this county

Sources: 1, 2, 3

DeclaredIncident beganFEMA numberTypeTitleMapped hazardCounty Public Assistancefederal share obligated, nominal dollarsFlagsNotes
2024-05-022024-03-14DR-4777-OHMajor disasterTornadoesTornadoPA not declared for this countywithin last 5 years
2020-03-312020-01-20DR-4507-OHMajor disasterCOVID-19 PandemicNon-natural, not countednone placed in this county by FEMA's record; $3,080,910.74 for this declaration is not placed in any county (see the state page)
2020-03-132020-01-20EM-3457-OHEmergencyCOVID-19Non-natural, not countedno Public Assistance recordedsame incident as DR-4507
2019-06-182019-05-27DR-4447-OHMajor disasterSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and MudslideTornado (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding, Landslide, Strong WindPA not declared for this county
2012-08-202012-06-29DR-4077-OHMajor disasterSevere Storms and Straight-Line WindsStrong Wind$179,334.98
2012-06-302012-06-29EM-3346-OHEmergencySevere StormsHazard not mapped (severe storm title names no single hazard); not countedno Public Assistance recordedsame incident as DR-4077
2005-09-132005-08-29EM-3250-OHEmergencyHurricane Katrina EvacuationHurricane: evacuation support, not a local hazard event; not countedno Public Assistance recorded
2005-02-152004-12-22DR-1580-OHMajor disasterSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, and MudslidesInland Flooding; Landslide; Winter Weather$740,040.70
2004-09-192004-08-27DR-1556-OHMajor disasterSevere Storms and FloodingInland Flooding: designated for Hazard Mitigation only (no Public or Individual Assistance for this county); not countedPA not declared for this county
2003-07-152003-07-04DR-1478-OHMajor disasterSevere Storms and FloodingInland FloodingPA not declared for this county
2002-11-182002-11-10DR-1444-OHMajor disasterSevere Storms and TornadoesTornadoPA not declared for this county
1992-08-041992-07-12DR-951-OHMajor disasterSevere Storms, Tornadoes & FloodingInland Flooding; Tornadono Public Assistance recorded
1978-01-261978-01-26EM-3055-OHEmergencyBlizzards & SnowstormsWinter Weatherno Public Assistance recorded

County Public Assistance: applicants the FEMA record places in this county, including any state agencies FEMA files there; statewide rows are listed on the state page; federal share obligated, nominal dollars.

Statewide declarations

Source: 2

DeclaredIncident beganFEMA numberTypeTitleMapped hazard
1964-03-241964-03-24DR-167-OHMajor disasterSevere Storms & FloodingInland Flooding
1959-01-231959-01-23DR-90-OHMajor disasterFloodsInland Flooding
1956-05-171956-05-17DR-57-OHMajor disasterWind StormOther, not an NRI hazard; not counted

FEMA recorded these with designated area Statewide and no county, so they are listed on every county page in the state and not counted with county rows. Local data needed: whether each one affected this county.

Public Assistance not placed in any Ohio county: 1 row, $3,080,910.74; listed on the Ohio state page.

Source: 3

Previous occurrences by hazard, with explicit no-event rows

Sources: 2, 6, 7

HazardStorm Events records, all years on file(years in the Period column)Since plan approvalrecordsIn the 12 months before plan approvalrecordsLast 5 yearsrecordsDeclared incidents, all yearsseparate disastersDeclared since approvalseparate disastersPeriodStatement
Cold Wave4101996 to 2026-06-30Includes 1 Frost/Freeze record.
Drought2001996 to 2026-06-30
Earthquake000Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hail94701955 to 2026-06-30
Heat Wave5001996 to 2026-06-30
Hurricane0001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Ice Storm6001996 to 2026-06-30
Inland Flooding81341996 to 2026-06-30
Landslide0021996 to 2026-06-30No Storm Events records of this type; 2 federal declared incidents (see declarations table)
Lightning2001996 to 2026-06-30
Strong Wind2171921955 to 2026-06-30Includes 15 High Wind and 4 Strong Wind records.
Tornado24841950 to 2026-06-30
Wildfire0001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Winter Weather116921996 to 2026-06-30

Notable Storm Events records

Sources: 1, 6, 7

DateEvent typeMagnitude or extentDamagenominal dollarsDeaths, injuriesdirect onlyLocationFlagsWhy listed
2024-03-14TornadoEF3, 9.19 mi within this county, 1,000 yd wide$1,000,000 property; $0 crops (2024 dollars)0, 2FRYBURG to GUTMANwithin last 5 yearsdeaths or injuries recorded
2023-03-31TornadoEF1, 9.17 mi within this county, 300 yd wide$3,000,000 property; $0 crops (2023 dollars)0, 7WAPAKONETA to UNIOPOLISwithin last 5 yearsdeaths or injuries recorded
2010-06-27Thunderstorm Wind83 kt (96 mph) estimated gust$40,000 property; $1,000 crops (2010 dollars)0, 0FRYBURGB1-c worst recorded: Thunderstorm Wind
2007-04-06Frost/Freeze$0 property; $540,000 crops (zone total, 2007 dollars)0, 0NWS zone OHZ035 (AUGLAIZE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Frost/Freeze
2004-05-21Floodproperty not reported; $890,000 crops (zone total, 2004 dollars)0, 0NWS zone OHZ035 (AUGLAIZE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood
2002-03-09High Wind60 kt (69 mph) estimated$20,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 2002 dollars)0, 0NWS zone OHZ035 (AUGLAIZE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: High Wind and Strong Wind
1999-07-20Heatdamage not reported0, 0NWS zone OHZ035 (AUGLAIZE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Excessive Heat, Heat
1996-02-27Lightning$100,000 property; crops not reported (1996 dollars)0, 0ELIDAB1-c worst recorded: Lightning
1996-02-01Cold/Wind Chill$20,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 1996 dollars)0, 0NWS zone OHZ035 (AUGLAIZE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
1996-01-06Winter Storm$500,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 1996 dollars)0, 0NWS zone OHZ035 (AUGLAIZE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleet
1992-08-27Hail2.75 indamage not recorded (pre-1996 record)0, 0location not recordedB1-c worst recorded: Hail
1992-07-12TornadoF1, 5 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 73 yd wide$2,500,000 property; crops not recorded (1992 dollars)0, 3location not recordeddeaths or injuries recorded

The full list is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-d Storm Events history" (551 rows).

Location is the place NOAA recorded, as written in its data; it need not be a jurisdiction in this plan.

Local data needed: state-declared emergencies, from your state emergency management agency (federal data do not include them).

FEMA's declaration data list no tribal or special-area declarations for this state.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-e: probability of future events

Probability: FEMA annualized frequency and descriptor per hazard

Sources: 5, 6

HazardFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)unit per rowUnitIn plain termsDescriptorDescriptor basisNRI events or days in its record period (hail, wind and tornado are area-weighted, so can be fractional)NRI periodLocationNote
Cold Wave4.89event-days per yearabout 4.89 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%)932005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide
Drought0event-days per yearnone modeledPossibleStorm Events event-days in 1 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (3.33%)02000 to 2025 (25.25 years; D3 and D4 only)countywideNRI models no drought event-days here (2000 to 2025, 25.25 years; D3 and D4 only); Storm Events has a record in 1 of 30 years. The descriptor comes from Storm Events, which counts D2 drought that NRI leaves out.
Earthquake0.00219annual probability at a locationchance a given location in the county has at least minor-damage shaking in a year: 0.219%not shownmodeledsee B1-fNo descriptor (Storm Events does not record earthquakes).
Hail3.33events per yearabout 3.33 per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)126.7 (modeled)1986 to 2023 (38 years)countywide
Heat Wave3.95event-days per yearabout 3.95 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%)642005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide
Hurricane0.0141events per yearabout 1 in 71 yearsPossibleFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)61851 to 2024 (Atlantic)see B1-fNRI counts hurricane and tropical storm tracks passing within storm-force wind range; federal declarations are in B1-d.
Ice Storm0.778event-days per yearabout 0.778 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 5 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (16.7%)531946-12-31 to 2014-02-12 (67 years)countywide
Inland Flooding1.89event-days per yearabout 1.89 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 22 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (73.3%)531996 to 2023 (28 years)see B1-f
Landslide0.0743events per year (modeled)about 1 in 13 yearsPossibleFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shownmodeledsee B1-f
Lightning42.5days per year with a strikeabout 42.5 days per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shown1995 to 2023 (29 years; CONUS)countywide
Strong Wind3.16events per yearabout 3.16 per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)1211986 to 2023 (38 years)countywide
Tornado0.255events per yearabout 1 in 4 yearsLikelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shown1950 to 2023 (EF2+); 1986 to 2023 (EF0-1)see B1-f
Wildfire0.0000109annual probability at a locationchance a given location in the county burns in a year: 0.00109%Storm Events records in 0 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (0%)not shownmodeledsee B1-fNo descriptor: no Storm Events record 1996 to 2025
Winter Weather11.8event-days per yearabout 11.8 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 25 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (83.3%)2252005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide

FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) is the National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025) estimate of how often a hazard affects this county in a year; it is not recorded events divided by years, and its unit differs by hazard (events, event-days, or days with a lightning strike per year). For earthquake, wildfire, coastal flooding and tsunami the value is the chance (or number of events) at a location in the county, not across the county, so no "1 in N years" is given and the descriptor comes from Storm Events where it has a record (none for earthquake). The Methods page gives each hazard's method, from FEMA's National Risk Index Technical Documentation v1.20.

Where NRI gives event-days, the descriptor comes from the share of years with a Storm Events record; NRI's source records more events, so the two differ.

Descriptor scale used in this packet (defined per unit)

Sources: 5, 6

UnitDescriptorDefinition
events per yearHighly likely1 or more per year
events per yearLikelyabout once in 1 to 10 years
events per yearPossibleabout once in 10 to 100 years
events per yearUnlikelyless than once in 100 years
annual probabilityLikely10% to under 100% chance in a given year
annual probabilityPossible1% to under 10% chance in a given year
annual probabilityUnlikelyunder 1% chance in a given year
event-days (share of years)Highly likelyevent-days recorded in 90% or more of years
event-days (share of years)Likelyevent-days recorded in 10% to under 90% of years
event-days (share of years)Possibleevent-days recorded in some years but under 10% of years
lightning strike-daysHighly likelycloud-to-ground strikes on 1 or more days per year

Intensity bands: historical frequency (Storm Events)

Source: 6

HazardBandYearsEventscounty-coded recordsYears in periodEvents per yearevents / years
Hail1.00-1.99 in1996 to 202539301.3
Hail2.00 in+1996 to 20250300
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)50-64 kt1996 to 2025134304.47
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)65 kt+1996 to 202515300.5
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)unmeasured or below 50 kt1996 to 20256300.2
TornadoEF0-11996 to 202516300.533
TornadoEF2-31996 to 20253300.1
TornadoEF4-51996 to 20250300
Tornadounrated (EFU)1996 to 20250300

The bands show how often events of each severity were recorded in this county, to profile how severe events have been (FEMA's probability item asks for the range of intensities).

Hail smaller than 1 inch is not counted: on 2010-01-05 the National Weather Service raised its severe-hail threshold from 3/4 inch to 1 inch, so smaller reports became less common after 2009 (NWS Service Change Notice 09-52). NRI hail frequency uses a 0.75 inch threshold.

Optional: future conditions. Not a required item in the 2025 FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide; some states ask for it. The federal Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) site gives county exposure to future climate conditions (https://resilience.climate.gov/).

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-f: hazards that vary across jurisdictions

Range of census tract risk within the county

Source: 5

HazardTractsrated of allNRI risk score, 0 to 100Tracts by rating
MinMedianMax
Cold Wave11 of 1140.854.273.1Relatively Moderate 9, Relatively Low 2
Drought0 of 11No Rating 11
Earthquake11 of 1151.875.481.5Relatively Moderate 5, Relatively Low 6
Hail11 of 1170.783.390.2Relatively High 1, Relatively Moderate 10
Heat Wave11 of 119.218.442.2Relatively Low 8, Very Low 3
Hurricane11 of 1131.440.447.0Very Low 11
Ice Storm11 of 1153.575.787.3Relatively Moderate 9, Relatively Low 2
Inland Flooding11 of 1115.257.195.3Relatively High 1, Relatively Moderate 8, Relatively Low 2
Landslide11 of 1141.459.384.2Relatively Low 1, Very Low 10
Lightning11 of 1144.264.487.9Relatively High 1, Relatively Moderate 8, Relatively Low 2
Strong Wind11 of 1162.281.691.2Relatively High 4, Relatively Moderate 7
Tornado11 of 1149.569.682.4Relatively High 2, Relatively Moderate 8, Relatively Low 1
Wildfire11 of 1133.545.752.1Very Low 11
Winter Weather11 of 1160.878.090.6Relatively High 5, Relatively Moderate 6

Rated tracts only: No Rating (score 0.0), Not Applicable and Insufficient Data tracts are counted but not used for the minimum, median and maximum.

The score ranks a tract against all U.S. tracts (100 = highest). The rating is FEMA's category for the tract's risk value, computed differently, so the two can disagree.

Frequency data for cold wave, hail, heat wave, ice storm, lightning, strong wind and winter weather are county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone), the same for every jurisdiction; the tract range mostly reflects where buildings and people are.

Each jurisdiction (starting figures from federal data)

Sources: 1, 3, 4, 6

JurisdictionTypePlan statusRepetitive lossFMA RL and SRL (44 CFR 77.2); repeat-flood, any definitionPublic Assistance to this jurisdictionFEMA records matched by applicant name; federal share obligated, nominal dollarsEvent records naming this placeall years; since its plan
Auglaize CountyCountyNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 3no Public Assistance recorded0 total; no approved plan
Buckland villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0no Public Assistance recorded12 total; no approved plan
Cridersville villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$26,508.1021 total; no approved plan
Minster villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$110,755.8110 total; no approved plan
New Bremen villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$79,277.7529 total; no approved plan
New Knoxville villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$12,707.8615 total; no approved plan
St. Marys cityCityNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 1; any 4no Public Assistance recorded68 total; no approved plan
Wapakoneta cityCityNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 1; any 4$157,449.6872 total; no approved plan
Waynesfield villageVillageNo approved plan on record. Approvable pending adoption, not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$23,753.8623 total; no approved plan

Repetitive-loss counts are for whole NFIP communities, which can extend beyond this county (see the note in B2-c).

County Public Assistance in B1-d also includes applicants filed under the county that are not jurisdictions in this plan (for example state agencies, special districts and nonprofits), so the jurisdiction rows add up to less.

Supports FEMA checklist items B2-a and B2-b: vulnerability and potential impacts

Local data needed

The table below gives county-level starting figures; the plan describes impacts for each jurisdiction and its own assets.

No approved plan on record, so there is no approval date to count from.

  • Critical facilities and lifelines per hazard
  • A problem statement per jurisdiction per hazard
  • Changes in development in hazard-prone areas since the last approval, or a statement of none (E1-a)
  • Future assets

County-level starter: exposure, expected annual loss and damage since the plan

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

HazardBuilding exposuremodeled dollarsAgriculture exposuremodeled dollarsPopulation exposedpeopleEAL buildingsmodeled dollars per yearEAL agriculturemodeled dollars per yearCost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damageEAL as % of exposurebuildings; agriculture where notedStorm Events damage since plancounty-coded records, property plus crops, nominal dollarsZone-level damage since planproperty plus crops, reported for the zonePublic Assistance since plannominal dollars; see noteNote
Cold Wave$11,069,021,757$266,422,71746,399$801$43,078$666,378under 0.0001%
Droughtn/a$0n/an/a$0n/aagriculture exposure is 0 in NRI
Earthquake$19,793,587,614n/a46,422$1,169,925n/a$319,1310.00591%
Hail$11,069,021,757$266,422,71746,399$603,125$9,202$1,2430.00545%
Heat Wave$11,069,021,757$266,422,71746,399$3,379$3$157,116under 0.0001%
Hurricane$11,068,343,084$264,458,18146,392$15,019$17,431$1330.000136%
Ice Storm$11,068,504,068n/a46,397$141,937n/a$8,6860.00128%
Inland Flooding$11,046,022,360$8,859,891751$8,724,467$94,958$44,765n/a (see note)NRI counts the full building value of any census block with some flood loss; this is not the value of buildings in the floodplain. Use local FIRM overlays for B2-a/B2-b.
Landslide$28,016,635n/a88$33n/a$3630.000117%
Lightning$11,069,021,757n/a46,399$16,370n/a$199,9040.000148%
Strong Wind$11,069,021,757$266,422,71746,399$305,434$10,487$316,5130.00276%
Tornado$11,069,021,757$266,422,71746,399$1,345,385$2,187$496,2650.0122%
Wildfire$1,770,352,635$27,843,5747,498$1,782$3$1520.000101%
Winter Weather$11,069,021,757$266,422,71746,399$54,044$1,039$42,5300.000488%

Totals since the plan: not available. No approved plan on record, so there is no approval date to count from.

FEMA does not split Public Assistance by hazard. A declaration mapped to several hazards is listed under each of them with its full amount, so the per-hazard column does not add up to the total; the unit total counts each declaration once.

NRI computes earthquake exposure on its own basis, so it exceeds the county building value in B2-a.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-a: vulnerability (county context)

County context

Source: 5

MeasureValue
Population46,399
Building value (total, not at risk)$11,069,021,757
Agriculture value (total, not at risk)$266,422,717
NRI risk rating (all hazards)Very Low
Expected annual loss, buildings and agriculture, all hazards$12,560,088
Expected annual loss, population equivalence, all hazards (NRI values each statistical life at $13.7M; a modeled value of expected deaths and injuries, not property damage)$2,253,177
Social vulnerability ratingRelatively Low
Community resilience ratingVery High
NRI versionDecember 2025

FEMA's all-hazard expected annual loss adds buildings, agriculture and population equivalence; this table gives the property part and the population-equivalence part as separate rows.

Social vulnerability: higher means people are more likely to be harmed and slower to recover. Community resilience: lower means the community is less able to recover. High social vulnerability and low resilience both raise the NRI risk rating.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-c: repetitive loss properties

Repetitive loss in this county, both definitions

Sources: 1, 4

DefinitionPropertiesSevere repetitive lossProperties
Repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)0Severe repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)2
Repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition11Severe repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition2

The state NFIP coordinator's list, the source FEMA's Handbook names, often uses the NFIP insurance definition (second row).

Repeat-flood properties: county and state-level rows

Sources: 1, 4

ScopeRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
County total021121101
of which: St. Marys city0141401
of which: Wapakoneta city0141400
of which: Auglaize County (unincorporated area)0030300
Statewide, no county in FEMA's file0010100

The statewide row counts properties FEMA's file gives with no county in this state; they are listed for reference and are not in this county's counts.

Repeat-flood properties by jurisdiction in the plan (NFIP community)

Sources: 1, 4

JurisdictionNFIP community IDRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
Auglaize County3907610030300
Buckland village3908160000000
Cridersville village3907290000000
Minster village3955150000000
New Bremen village3955160000000
New Knoxville village3908480000000
St. Marys city3900220141401
Wapakoneta city3900230141400
Waynesfield village3955130000000

Counts by occupancy group for each jurisdiction are in the Excel file, sheet "B2-c Jurisdictions".

Jurisdiction rows are whole NFIP communities and need not add up to the county total: a community that extends into another county is counted in full on each jurisdiction row, while the county table counts only its part in this county.

County repeat-flood properties by occupancy group

Sources: 1, 4

Occupancy groupRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
single-family residential0181801
2 to 4 unit residential0000000
other residential0000000
non-residential0131300
not reported0000000

FEMA's occupancy groups have no institutional class; institutional properties are counted in non-residential or other residential in the table by occupancy group.

FMA RL and FMA SRL are the Flood Mitigation Assistance definitions (44 CFR 77.2), the ones the FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide cites. NFIP repetitive loss (the FEMA insurance definition) is 2 or more claims over $1,000 in 10 years, and a property can leave that group once it is mitigated. Also shown: NFIP severe repetitive loss, any category, mitigated and currently insured. The Methods page gives the OpenFEMA field details.

Counts are aggregates of FEMA's public NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (FEMA's data date 2026-08-02; file version 2026-08-04). No property is identified. County assignment is FEMA's geocode.

In this county 0 properties are FMA repetitive loss but not NFIP repetitive loss, and 11 properties are NFIP repetitive loss but not FMA repetitive loss.

Exact counts; no count suppression.

Sources

Tables cite these sources by number. The full list, for the plan's bibliography (FEMA review item A4-a):

  1. FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-29T134039Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)
  2. FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-29T162832Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)
  3. FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-29T150754Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)
  4. FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/NfipMultipleLossProperties (API)
  5. FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_Counties.zip (download, 25 MB), https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_CensusTracts.zip (download, 635 MB)
  6. NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/
  7. NOAA National Weather Service, NWS county-public forecast zones correlation file, version bp03mr20 to bp16ap26 (11 files; newest bp16ap26), pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.weather.gov/gis/ZoneCounty
  8. U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2024 Gazetteer, 2020 place by county, CT county-to-cousub crosswalk, version 2024-gazetteer, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_counties_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_cousubs_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_place_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_unsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_elsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_scsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/codes2020/national_place_by_county2020.txt, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ct_change/ct_cou_to_cousub_crosswalk.xlsx (used to match place names and codes; no table prints its values)

What this packet is and what the plan adds

This packet is the federal data for the plan's risk assessment (the summary on page 1 says how it is organized); the plan and FEMA's review decide whether each item is met.

The plan adds what only the community has: local data on assets, critical facilities, development and each jurisdiction's impacts; local hazard history, including state-declared emergencies; the mitigation strategy; and adoption.

How the federal data are built: National Risk Index values are FEMA's model, not counts of events. Storm Events is more complete from 1996; zone-level records are placed by forecast zone, not by location in the county. Public Assistance for a jurisdiction is matched by applicant name. The Methods page gives every rule and the known edge cases.

OpenFEMA disclaimer

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).

Reuse, citation and corrections

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Cite this: Hazard Plain (2026). Auglaize County, OH: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-30; County FIPS 39011). Automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/oh/39011/ Built from FEMA OpenFEMA, the FEMA National Risk Index and NOAA NCEI Storm Events; source versions in the packet's Sources list.

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