Stark County, OH: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10

Summary

Plan status as of 2026-09-30: Approved, expires 2028-01-15. Plan: Stark County (FEMA plan 108704), approved 2023-01-16.

Since the plan was approved on 2023-01-16: no new hazard declaration and 32 NOAA Storm Events records; details under "What changed since your last plan".

Highest expected annual loss (FEMA National Risk Index, modeled total; see B1-a): Inland Flooding ($49,682,916 a year), Tornado ($6,630,986) and Hail ($6,230,170).

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.

Terms used

EAL:: expected annual loss: FEMA's modeled average yearly loss from a hazard.
NRI:: FEMA's National Risk Index (version 1.20, December 2025).
NFIP:: National Flood Insurance Program.
RL, SRL:: repetitive loss and severe repetitive loss: flood-insured properties with repeated claims (definitions in B2-c).
FMA, HMGP:: Flood Mitigation Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, FEMA mitigation grants.
PA:: FEMA Public Assistance: disaster aid to governments and some nonprofits.
Zone-level:: NOAA logged the event for a National Weather Service forecast zone, which may include parts of neighboring counties.
County-coded:: NOAA logged the event to this county.
FIPS:: the federal code for a place; 39151 is this area.
D0 to D4:: U.S. Drought Monitor categories, from abnormally dry (D0) to exceptional drought (D4).
F/EF, EFU:: Fujita and Enhanced Fujita tornado ratings; EFU is an unrated tornado.
kt, CONUS:: knots (1 kt is about 1.15 mph); the contiguous United States.
CFR:: Code of Federal Regulations.
A4-a, E1-a:: other items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool (sources, and changes since the last plan).
Dollars:: nominal (as reported, labeled with the year), not adjusted for inflation.

Plan clock

Status:: Approved, expires 2028-01-15
Plan:: Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)
Approved:: 2023-01-16
Days to expiry:: 472

What changed since your last plan (approved 2023-01-16)

New federal declarations:: none
Storm Events records since approval:: 32 records (data through 2026-06-30)
Repetitive loss now:: FMA RL 1, SRL 10 (44 CFR 77.2); any definition: 48
Repeat-flood change:: this release sets the baseline count.

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

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county: 22 rows, in the section "Plan clock: Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county" on the following pages.

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

Plan clock

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county

Source: 1

Jurisdiction	Type	Status	Plan	Approved	Expires	Days to expirynegative = days since expiry	Notes
Stark County	County	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
Alliance city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
Beach City village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
Brewster village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
Canal Fulton city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
Canton city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472	this jurisdiction approved 2023-03-07
East Canton village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
East Sparta village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
Hartville village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
Hills and Dales village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
Louisville city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
Magnolia village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472	this jurisdiction approved 2023-03-07
Massillon city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472	this jurisdiction approved 2023-03-07
Meyers Lake village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
Minerva village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
Navarre village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472
North Canton city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472	this jurisdiction approved 2023-03-07
Waynesburg village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472	this jurisdiction approved 2023-03-07
Wilmot village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472	this jurisdiction approved 2023-03-07
Jackson township	Township	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472	this jurisdiction approved 2024-12-11
Plain township	Township	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472	this jurisdiction approved 2024-12-11
Stark County Parks District	Special District	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	Stark County (FEMA plan 108704)	2023-01-16	2028-01-15	472	this jurisdiction approved 2023-03-07

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 EAL	Hazard	NRI risk rating	EAL rating	EAL buildingsmodeled dollars per year	EAL agriculturemodeled dollars per year	Cost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damage	EAL total (see note)modeled dollars per year	Storm Events records, 1996 to 2026-06-30count	Storm Events coverage note
1	Inland Flooding	Relatively Moderate	Relatively Moderate	$49,533,621	$17,885	$131,410	$49,682,916	74
2	Tornado	Relatively Moderate	Relatively Moderate	$4,498,817	$484	$2,131,685	$6,630,986	14
3	Hail	Relatively High	Relatively High	$6,087,979	$14,105	$128,086	$6,230,170	189
4	Cold Wave	Relatively Moderate	Relatively High	$10,810	$32,482	$5,121,776	$5,165,067	9
5	Heat Wave	Relatively Moderate	Relatively Moderate	$1,300	$1	$2,166,413	$2,167,714	2
6	Strong Wind	Relatively High	Relatively High	$753,518	$14,990	$1,040,185	$1,808,692	317	Includes 39 High Wind and 5 Strong Wind records (NOAA non-thunderstorm wind types, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition).
7	Lightning	Relatively High	Relatively High	$62,169	n/a	$1,616,145	$1,678,315	19
8	Earthquake	Relatively Low	Relatively Low	$1,177,966	n/a	$390,310	$1,568,277		Storm Events does not record earthquakes.
9	Ice Storm	Relatively High	Relatively High	$838,409	n/a	$167,992	$1,006,401	3
10	Winter Weather	Relatively High	Relatively High	$350,716	$413	$57,032	$408,161	36
11	Hurricane	Very Low	Relatively Low	$161,545	$10,655	$5,799	$178,000	0	No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
12	Wildfire	Very Low	Very Low	$42,773	$25	$5,543	$48,340	0	No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
13	Drought	Relatively Low	Relatively Low	n/a	$40,781	n/a	$40,781	6
14	Landslide	Very Low	Very Low	$941	n/a	$1,956	$2,897	0	Declared 1 time; no Storm Events record of this type.

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

Hazard	Highest-rated census tractsNRI risk rating, score 0 to 100
Earthquake	tract 7108 (Relatively Low, 58.7); tract 7133 (Relatively Low, 54.8); tract 7113.22 (Relatively Low, 54.4)
Hurricane	tract 7108 (Very Low, 50.5); tract 7127 (Very Low, 47.9); tract 7128 (Very Low, 46.4)
Landslide	tract 7130 (Relatively Low, 91.6); tract 7149.01 (Relatively Low, 91.4); tract 7129 (Relatively Low, 86.9)
Tornado	tract 7148.01 (Relatively Moderate, 67.9); tract 7108 (Relatively Moderate, 66.6); tract 7146 (Relatively Moderate, 63.5)
Wildfire	tract 7149.01 (Relatively Low, 77.1); tract 7148.01 (Relatively Low, 74.7); tract 7127 (Relatively Low, 74.7)

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 7108 is Census Tract 7108). 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

Hazard	Scale	Recordscount and years	Observed range	Worst recorded event	Most damaging (when different)	How it applies to jurisdictions	Note
Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	wind chill	9 records, 1996 to 2022 (9 zone-level)	1 day to 10 days (median 2 days); 9 with a recorded value	10 consecutive days, 1997-01-10 to 1997-01-19, zone-level	Cold/Wind Chill, 1996-02-02, $100,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 1996 dollars)	Countywide (zone-level records).
Frost/Freeze (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition)	crop damage	0
Drought	U.S. Drought Monitor scale (D0 to D4)	6 records, 1996 to 1999 (6 zone-level)	31 days to 122 days (median 31 days); 3 with a recorded value	122 days (4 months), 1999-06-01 to 1999-09-30, a run of 4 consecutive Storm Events drought records, zone-level	Drought, 1999-09-01, property not reported; $3,000,000 crops (zone total, 1999 dollars)	Countywide (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.
Earthquake	Modified Mercalli (local data)	0					Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hail	hail size (inches)	229 records, 1960 to 2026	0.75 in to 3 in (median 0.88 in); 228 with a recorded value	3 in hail, 1980-08-10	Hail, 2008-07-26, $30,000,000 property; $0 crops (2008 dollars)	Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Canton city (52 records), Massillon city (20 records), Louisville city (16 records), Alliance city (13 records), Waynesburg village (13 records), Hartville village (9 records), North Canton city (9 records), Canal Fulton city (6 records), Navarre village (5 records), East Sparta village (4 records); and 4 more jurisdictions (see the Excel file).
Excessive Heat, Heat	heat index (in event narratives)	2 records, 1999 (2 zone-level)	7 days to 31 days (median 19 days); 2 with a recorded value	July 1999 (1 monthly summary record), zone-level		Countywide (zone-level records).
Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical Depression	Saffir-Simpson	0					Storm 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 Storm	Sperry-Piltz ice scale (local data)	3 records, 2005 to 2007 (3 zone-level)		Ice Storm, 2005-01-05, $6,200,000 property; crops not reported (2005 dollars); NWS zone OHZ032		Countywide (zone-level records).
Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood	damage and flood days (flood depth: FIRM)	74 records, 1996 to 2024 (14 zone-level)		Flash Flood, 2003-07-27, $52,000,000 property; crops not reported (2003 dollars)		Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Canton city (8 records), Louisville city (4 records), Massillon city (4 records), Alliance city (3 records), Canal Fulton city (3 records), North Canton city (2 records), Wilmot village (2 records), Hartville village (1 record), Minerva village (1 record), Navarre village (1 record); and 1 more jurisdiction (see the Excel file). 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 Flow	none (count and damage only)	0
Lightning	annualized frequency (the measure FEMA's Local Mitigation Planning Handbook names)	19 records, 1996 to 2017		Lightning, 2017-08-02, $0 property; $0 crops (2017 dollars), 1 direct death	Lightning, 2000-07-14, $175,000 property; crops not reported (2000 dollars)	Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Canton city (4 records), North Canton city (2 records), Alliance city (1 record), Louisville city (1 record), Massillon 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)	44 records, 1996 to 2024 (44 zone-level)	35 kt (40 mph) to 54 kt (62 mph) (median 50 kt (58 mph)); 35 with a recorded value	54 kt (62 mph) measured gust, High Wind, 2006-12-01; NWS zone OHZ032	High Wind, 2008-09-14, $2,000,000 property; $250,000 crops (zone total, 2008 dollars)	Countywide (zone-level records).
Thunderstorm Wind	wind speed (kt and mph)	367 records, 1955 to 2026	50 kt (58 mph) to 83 kt (96 mph) (median 50 kt (58 mph)); 232 with a recorded value	83 kt (96 mph) estimated gust, Thunderstorm Wind, 2004-06-24	Thunderstorm Wind, 2006-06-22, $1,200,000 property; crops not reported (2006 dollars)	Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Canton city (48 records), Alliance city (25 records), Massillon city (19 records), North Canton city (15 records), Canal Fulton city (13 records), Hartville village (11 records), Navarre village (9 records), Louisville city (7 records), Brewster village (5 records), East Sparta village (5 records); and 7 more jurisdictions (see the Excel file).
Tornado	Enhanced Fujita (Fujita before Feb 2007)	18 records, 1965 to 2025	F/EF0 to F/EF2 (median F/EF1); 18 with a recorded value	F2 tornado, 1965-11-16, 5.9 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 300 yd wide, $2,500,000 property; crops not recorded (1965 dollars), 2 direct deaths, 9 direct injuries	Tornado, 2002-04-28, $45,500,000 property; crops not reported (2002 dollars)	Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Brewster village (2 records), Canal Fulton city (2 records), East Sparta village (2 records), Massillon city (2 records), Canton city (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).
Wildfire	acres burned (local data)	0
Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleet	none in data (snowfall: local data)	36 records, 1996 to 2022 (36 zone-level)		Winter Storm, 2004-12-22, $3,800,000 property; crops not reported (2004 dollars); NWS zone OHZ032		Countywide (zone-level records).

Where a hazard names more than 10 jurisdictions, the table lists the 10 with the most records; every one is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-c Extent".

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.

A monthly summary record covers most or all of a month; it does not count days at wave conditions.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-d: previous occurrences

Federal declarations for this county: 12 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).

Federal disaster declarations for this county

Sources: 1, 2, 3

Declared	Incident began	FEMA number	Type	Title	Mapped hazard	County Public Assistancefederal share obligated, nominal dollars	Notes
2020-03-31	2020-01-20	DR-4507-OH	Major disaster	COVID-19 Pandemic	Non-natural, not counted	$43,794,556.75
2020-03-13	2020-01-20	EM-3457-OH	Emergency	COVID-19	Non-natural, not counted	no Public Assistance recorded	same incident as DR-4507
2012-06-30	2012-06-29	EM-3346-OH	Emergency	Severe Storms	Hazard not mapped (severe storm title names no single hazard); not counted	no Public Assistance recorded
2006-07-02	2006-06-21	DR-1651-OH	Major disaster	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding	Inland Flooding; Strong Wind; Tornado	PA not declared for this county
2005-09-13	2005-08-29	EM-3250-OH	Emergency	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Hurricane: evacuation support, not a local hazard event; not counted	no Public Assistance recorded
2005-02-15	2004-12-22	DR-1580-OH	Major disaster	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides	Inland Flooding; Landslide; Winter Weather	$284,452.42
2004-09-19	2004-08-27	DR-1556-OH	Major disaster	Severe Storms and Flooding	Inland Flooding	$57,375.77	FEMA's declaration record does not list Public Assistance, but FEMA's PA project summaries show obligations for this county
2004-06-03	2004-05-18	DR-1519-OH	Major disaster	Severe Storms and Flooding	Inland Flooding	PA not declared for this county
2003-08-01	2003-07-21	DR-1484-OH	Major disaster	Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds	Tornado (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding, Strong Wind	$552,855.31
1978-01-26	1978-01-26	EM-3055-OH	Emergency	Blizzards & Snowstorms	Winter Weather	no Public Assistance recorded
1977-02-02	1977-02-02	EM-3029-OH	Emergency	Snowstorms	Winter Weather	no Public Assistance recorded
1969-07-15	1969-07-15	DR-266-OH	Major disaster	Tornadoes, Severe Storms & Flooding	Tornado (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding	no 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

Declared	Incident began	FEMA number	Type	Title	Mapped hazard
1964-03-24	1964-03-24	DR-167-OH	Major disaster	Severe Storms & Flooding	Inland Flooding
1959-01-23	1959-01-23	DR-90-OH	Major disaster	Floods	Inland Flooding
1956-05-17	1956-05-17	DR-57-OH	Major disaster	Wind Storm	Other, 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

Hazard	Storm Events records, all years on file(years in the Period column)	Since plan approvalrecords	In the 12 months before plan approvalrecords	Last 5 yearsrecords	Declared incidents, all yearsseparate disasters	Period	Statement
Cold Wave	9	0	1	1	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Drought	6	0	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Earthquake	0	0	0	0	0		Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hail	229	5	3	8	0	1955 to 2026-06-30
Heat Wave	2	0	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Hurricane	0	0	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30	No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Ice Storm	3	0	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Inland Flooding	74	1	2	3	6	1996 to 2026-06-30
Landslide	0	0	0	0	1	1996 to 2026-06-30	No Storm Events records of this type; 1 federal declared incident (see declarations table)
Lightning	19	0	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Strong Wind	411	25	6	31	2	1955 to 2026-06-30	Includes 39 High Wind and 5 Strong Wind records.
Tornado	18	1	0	2	3	1950 to 2026-06-30
Wildfire	0	0	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30	No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Winter Weather	36	0	3	3	3	1996 to 2026-06-30

Notable Storm Events records

Sources: 1, 6, 7

Date	Event type	Magnitude or extent	Damagenominal dollars	Deaths, injuriesdirect only	Location	Flags	Why listed
2022-12-23	Extreme Cold/Wind Chill		damage not reported	1, 0	NWS zone OHZ032 (STARK), zone-level	in the 12 months before plan approval; within last 5 years	deaths or injuries recorded
2017-08-02	Lightning		$0 property; $0 crops (2017 dollars)	1, 0	NORTH BREWSTER		B1-c worst recorded: Lightning
2006-12-01	High Wind	54 kt (62 mph) measured gust	$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2006 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone OHZ032 (STARK), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: High Wind and Strong Wind
2006-06-22	Thunderstorm Wind	60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust	$1,200,000 property; crops not reported (2006 dollars)	1, 1	COUNTYWIDE		deaths or injuries recorded
2005-01-05	Ice Storm		$6,200,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 2005 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone OHZ032 (STARK), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Ice Storm
2004-12-22	Winter Storm		$3,800,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 2004 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone OHZ032 (STARK), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleet
2004-06-24	Thunderstorm Wind	83 kt (96 mph) estimated gust	$300,000 property; crops not reported (2004 dollars)	0, 0	CANAL FULTON		B1-c worst recorded: Thunderstorm Wind
2003-07-27	Flash Flood		$52,000,000 property; crops not reported (2003 dollars)	0, 0	COUNTYWIDE		B1-c worst recorded: Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood
1999-07-01	Heat		damage not reported	0, 0	NWS zone OHZ032 (STARK), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Excessive Heat, Heat
1997-01-10	Cold/Wind Chill		$5,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 1997 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone OHZ032 (STARK), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
1980-08-10	Hail	3 in	damage not recorded (pre-1996 record)	0, 0	location not recorded		B1-c worst recorded: Hail
1965-11-16	Tornado	F2, 5.9 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 300 yd wide	$2,500,000 property; crops not recorded (1965 dollars)	2, 9	location not recorded		deaths or injuries recorded

The full list is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-d Storm Events history" (807 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

Hazard	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)unit per row	Unit	In plain terms	Descriptor	Descriptor basis	NRI events or days in its record period (hail, wind and tornado are area-weighted, so can be fractional)	NRI period	Location	Note
Cold Wave	3.95	event-days per year	about 3.95 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 8 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (26.7%)	75	2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)	countywide
Drought	0.124	event-days per year	about 0.124 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%)	28	2000 to 2025 (25.25 years; D3 and D4 only)	countywide
Earthquake	0.000807	annual probability at a location	chance a given location in the county has at least minor-damage shaking in a year: 0.0807%			not shown	modeled	see B1-f	No descriptor (Storm Events does not record earthquakes).
Hail	4.38	events per year	about 4.38 per year	Highly likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	166.6 (modeled)	1986 to 2023 (38 years)	countywide
Heat Wave	2	event-days per year	about 2 days per year	Possible	Storm Events event-days in 1 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (3.33%)	35	2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)	countywide
Hurricane	0.0078	events per year	about 1 in 128 years	Unlikely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	4	1851 to 2024 (Atlantic)	see B1-f	NRI counts hurricane and tropical storm tracks passing within storm-force wind range; federal declarations are in B1-d.
Ice Storm	0.48	event-days per year	about 0.48 days per year	Possible	Storm Events event-days in 2 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (6.67%)	33	1946-12-31 to 2014-02-12 (67 years)	countywide
Inland Flooding	2.18	event-days per year	about 2.18 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 22 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (73.3%)	61	1996 to 2023 (28 years)	see B1-f
Landslide	0.272	events per year (modeled)	about 1 in 4 years	Likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	not shown	modeled	see B1-f
Lightning	40.9	days per year with a strike	about 40.9 days per year	Highly likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	not shown	1995 to 2023 (29 years; CONUS)	countywide
Strong Wind	2.45	events per year	about 2.45 per year	Highly likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	94	1986 to 2023 (38 years)	countywide
Tornado	0.273	events per year	about 1 in 4 years	Likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	not shown	1950 to 2023 (EF2+); 1986 to 2023 (EF0-1)	see B1-f
Wildfire	0.0000414	annual probability at a location	chance a given location in the county burns in a year: 0.00414%		Storm Events records in 0 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (0%)	not shown	modeled	see B1-f	No descriptor: no Storm Events record 1996 to 2025
Winter Weather	10.2	event-days per year	about 10.2 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 19 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (63.3%)	193	2005-11-12 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

Unit	Descriptor	Definition
events per year	Highly likely	1 or more per year
events per year	Likely	about once in 1 to 10 years
events per year	Possible	about once in 10 to 100 years
events per year	Unlikely	less than once in 100 years
annual probability	Likely	10% to under 100% chance in a given year
annual probability	Possible	1% to under 10% chance in a given year
annual probability	Unlikely	under 1% chance in a given year
event-days (share of years)	Highly likely	event-days recorded in 90% or more of years
event-days (share of years)	Likely	event-days recorded in 10% to under 90% of years
event-days (share of years)	Possible	event-days recorded in some years but under 10% of years
lightning strike-days	Highly likely	cloud-to-ground strikes on 1 or more days per year

Intensity bands: historical frequency (Storm Events)

Source: 6

Hazard	Band	Years	Eventscounty-coded records	Years in period	Events per yearevents / years
Hail	1.00-1.99 in	1996 to 2025	74	30	2.47
Hail	2.00 in+	1996 to 2025	5	30	0.167
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)	50-64 kt	1996 to 2025	202	30	6.73
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)	65 kt+	1996 to 2025	7	30	0.233
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)	unmeasured or below 50 kt	1996 to 2025	61	30	2.03
Tornado	EF0-1	1996 to 2025	13	30	0.433
Tornado	EF2-3	1996 to 2025	1	30	0.0333
Tornado	EF4-5	1996 to 2025	0	30	0
Tornado	unrated (EFU)	1996 to 2025	0	30	0

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

Hazard	Tractsrated of all	NRI risk score, 0 to 100			Tracts by rating
Hazard	Tractsrated of all	Min	Median	Max	Tracts by rating
Cold Wave	90 of 90	27.9	50.9	74.6	Relatively Moderate 58, Relatively Low 32
Drought	2 of 90	90.7	91.5	92.3	Relatively Moderate 1, Relatively Low 1, No Rating 88
Earthquake	90 of 90	14.0	34.4	58.7	Relatively Low 29, Very Low 61
Hail	90 of 90	66.6	85.6	95.0	Relatively High 25, Relatively Moderate 64, Relatively Low 1
Heat Wave	90 of 90	8.0	32.0	62.5	Relatively Moderate 1, Relatively Low 79, Very Low 10
Hurricane	90 of 90	28.4	38.4	50.5	Very Low 90
Ice Storm	90 of 90	37.9	69.7	86.6	Relatively Moderate 47, Relatively Low 43
Inland Flooding	90 of 90	4.4	41.0	95.7	Very High 1, Relatively High 3, Relatively Moderate 29, Relatively Low 50, Very Low 7
Landslide	90 of 90	11.6	40.7	91.6	Relatively Low 7, Very Low 83
Lightning	90 of 90	29.6	62.9	89.0	Relatively High 7, Relatively Moderate 69, Relatively Low 14
Strong Wind	90 of 90	26.6	53.4	75.8	Relatively Moderate 43, Relatively Low 47
Tornado	90 of 90	32.5	51.0	67.9	Relatively Moderate 35, Relatively Low 55
Wildfire	88 of 90	19.3	53.2	77.1	Relatively Low 11, Very Low 77, No Rating 2
Winter Weather	90 of 90	35.2	61.2	81.8	Relatively High 2, Relatively Moderate 80, Relatively Low 8

Drought: Agriculture is all of NRI's expected annual loss for this hazard in the county, so the tract range mostly reflects where crop and livestock value is.

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, drought, 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 (crop and livestock value where a line above names agriculture).

Each jurisdiction (starting figures from federal data)

Sources: 1, 3, 4, 6

Jurisdiction	Type	Plan status	Repetitive lossFMA RL and SRL (44 CFR 77.2); repeat-flood, any definition	Public Assistance to this jurisdictionFEMA records matched by applicant name; federal share obligated, nominal dollars	Event records naming this placeall years; since its plan	Notes
Stark County	County	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 1, SRL 7; any 28	$750	0 total; 0 since its plan
Alliance city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	42 total; 1 since its plan
Beach City village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$38,427.74	3 total; 0 since its plan
Brewster village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$10,664.50	10 total; 0 since its plan
Canal Fulton city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 2	$31,866.75	24 total; 1 since its plan
Canton city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 2	$13,443.71	113 total; 2 since its plan
East Canton village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1	no Public Assistance recorded	3 total; 0 since its plan
East Sparta village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$34,275.68	11 total; 1 since its plan
Hartville village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	21 total; 0 since its plan
Hills and Dales village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	1 total; 0 since its plan
Louisville city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 2; any 7	$213,291.99	28 total; 4 since its plan
Magnolia village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	2 total; 0 since its plan
Massillon city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1	$34,161	46 total; 0 since its plan
Meyers Lake village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	2 total; 0 since its plan
Minerva village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1	$69,316.45	1 total; 0 since its plan
Navarre village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	15 total; 0 since its plan
North Canton city	City	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 1; any 6	no Public Assistance recorded	28 total; 0 since its plan
Waynesburg village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	18 total; 0 since its plan
Wilmot village	Village	Approved, expires 2028-01-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	6 total; 1 since its plan
Jackson township	Township	Approved, expires 2028-01-15		no Public Assistance recorded	0 total; 0 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Plain township	Township	Approved, expires 2028-01-15		no Public Assistance recorded	0 total; 0 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.

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

School districts and special districts get a plan clock row only.

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.

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

Hazard	Building exposuremodeled dollars	Agriculture exposuremodeled dollars	Population exposedpeople	EAL buildingsmodeled dollars per year	EAL agriculturemodeled dollars per year	Cost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damage	EAL as % of exposurebuildings; agriculture where noted	Storm Events damage since 2023-01-16county-coded records, property plus crops, nominal dollars	Zone-level damage since planproperty plus crops, reported for the zone	Note
Cold Wave	$85,421,332,253	$123,387,709	374,812	$10,810	$32,482	$5,121,776	under 0.0001%
Drought	n/a	$3,548,297	n/a	n/a	$40,781	n/a	1.15% (agriculture)			NRI has no building exposure for this hazard; agriculture shown
Earthquake	$150,057,207,462	n/a	374,853	$1,177,966	n/a	$390,310	0.000785%
Hail	$85,421,332,253	$123,387,709	374,812	$6,087,979	$14,105	$128,086	0.00713%	$0
Heat Wave	$85,421,332,253	$123,387,709	374,812	$1,300	$1	$2,166,413	under 0.0001%
Hurricane	$84,491,719,198	$121,570,651	371,014	$161,545	$10,655	$5,799	0.000191%
Ice Storm	$85,325,306,834	n/a	374,487	$838,409	n/a	$167,992	0.000983%
Inland Flooding	$85,382,109,240	$3,441,313	3,799	$49,533,621	$17,885	$131,410	n/a (see note)	$15,000		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	$1,142,245,723	n/a	4,868	$941	n/a	$1,956	under 0.0001%
Lightning	$85,421,332,253	n/a	374,812	$62,169	n/a	$1,616,145	under 0.0001%
Strong Wind	$85,421,332,253	$123,387,709	374,812	$753,518	$14,990	$1,040,185	0.000882%	$134,000	$0
Tornado	$85,421,332,253	$123,387,709	374,812	$4,498,817	$484	$2,131,685	0.00527%	$10,000
Wildfire	$26,983,897,852	$62,556,848	125,120	$42,773	$25	$5,543	0.000159%
Winter Weather	$85,421,332,253	$123,387,709	374,812	$350,716	$413	$57,032	0.000411%

Totals since 2023-01-16 (Storm Events through 2026-06-30): 31 county-coded records, 31 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $159,000; 1 zone-level records, 1 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $0 reported for the zone; Public Assistance: no counted declaration since the plan.

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

Measure	Value
Population	374,812
Building value (total, not at risk)	$85,421,332,253
Agriculture value (total, not at risk)	$123,387,709
NRI risk rating (all hazards)	Relatively Moderate
Expected annual loss, buildings and agriculture, all hazards	$63,652,385
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)	$12,964,333
Social vulnerability rating	Relatively Low
Community resilience rating	Very High
NRI version	December 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

Definition	Properties	Severe repetitive loss	Properties
Repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)	1	Severe repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)	10
Repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition	44	Severe repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition	6

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

Scope	RL, FMAproperties	SRL, FMAproperties	RL, NFIPproperties	SRL, NFIPproperties	Any categoryproperties	Mitigatedproperties	Currently insuredproperties
County total	1	10	44	6	48	3	9
of which: Canal Fulton city	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
of which: Canton city	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
of which: East Canton village	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
of which: Louisville city	0	2	7	2	7	0	1
of which: Massillon city	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
of which: Minerva village	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
of which: North Canton city	0	1	5	0	6	1	1
of which: Stark County (unincorporated area)	1	7	25	4	28	2	7
Statewide, no county in FEMA's file	0	0	1	0	1	0	0

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

Jurisdiction	NFIP community ID	RL, FMAproperties	SRL, FMAproperties	RL, NFIPproperties	SRL, NFIPproperties	Any categoryproperties	Mitigatedproperties	Currently insuredproperties
Stark County	390780	1	7	25	4	28	2	7
Alliance city	390508	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beach City village	390509	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brewster village	390510	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canal Fulton city	390511	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Canton city	390512	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
East Canton village	390513	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
East Sparta village	390655	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hartville village	390514	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hills and Dales village	390515	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louisville city	390516	0	2	7	2	7	0	1
Magnolia village	390051	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Massillon city	390517	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Meyers Lake village	390519	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minerva village	390518	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Navarre village	390520	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Canton city	390521	0	1	5	0	6	1	1
Waynesburg village	390667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wilmot village	390522	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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 group	RL, FMAproperties	SRL, FMAproperties	RL, NFIPproperties	SRL, NFIPproperties	Any categoryproperties	Mitigatedproperties	Currently insuredproperties
single-family residential	1	4	32	2	34	1	5
2 to 4 unit residential	0	2	2	1	3	1	0
other residential	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
non-residential	0	4	9	3	10	1	3
not reported	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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 43 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):

FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-29T134039Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)
FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-29T162832Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)
FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-29T150754Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)
FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/NfipMultipleLossProperties (API)
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)
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/
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
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).

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Cite this: Hazard Plain (2026). Stark County, OH: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-30; County FIPS 39151). Automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/oh/39151/ 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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