Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLess hazard damage per building is expected in Bowling Green Township than in 67% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Bowling Green Township gets a B+ for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 67% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (82%), then hail (11%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Bowling Green Township faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Hail
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Bowling Green Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 82% of the building damage FEMA expects in Bowling Green Township, and Bowling Green Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 54% of U.S. census tracts. Hail adds 11%, at a rate in the top 9% of U.S. census tracts.
B+ lower expected damage per building than 67% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Bowling Green Township’s residents live in 2 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $491K a year in losses across Bowling Green Township: $393K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Bowling Green Township flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Bowling Green Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Bowling Green Township isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Licking County.The storms Bowling Green Township remembers
None of the 17 disasters declared for Licking County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Bowling Green Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Licking County has had 17 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Bowling Green Township and its neighbors
Bowling Green Township is 3rd of the 6 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licking Township | B+less damage than 71% | river and rain flooding | 14 |
| Hopewell Township | B+less damage than 67% | river and rain flooding | 4 |
| Bowling Green Township | B+less damage than 67% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Franklin Township | B+less damage than 66% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Hopewell Township | Bless damage than 63% | river and rain flooding | 6 |
| Hopewell Township | Cmore damage than 67% | river and rain flooding | — |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Bowling Green Township faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Park in a garage or under cover when storms are forecast.
- Stay away from windows while it falls.
- Photograph roof and car damage for your insurer.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Bowling Green Township
Is Bowling Green Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Bowling Green Township has lower expected damage per building than 67% of U.S. towns: B+ for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (82%) and hail (11%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Bowling Green Township in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Licking County, 13% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.6% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Bowling Green Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Bowling Green Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Bowling Green Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (82%), and Bowling Green Township’s rate for it is higher than 54% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Bowling Green Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Bowling Green Township’s residents lived in the 2020 census; OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.