FEMA expects less hazard damage per building in Logan Elm Village than in 82% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Logan Elm Village gets an A− for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 82% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (76%), then tornadoes (10%). 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 Logan Elm Village 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
Tornadoes
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 Logan Elm Village’s grade
River and rain flooding is 76% of the building damage FEMA expects in Logan Elm Village, and Logan Elm Village’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 66% of U.S. census tracts. Ice storms add 3%, at a rate in the top 9% of U.S. census tracts.
A− lower expected damage per building than 82% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Logan Elm Village’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $290K a year in losses across Logan Elm Village: $246K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Logan Elm Village flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Logan Elm Village. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Logan Elm Village isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Pickaway County.The storms Logan Elm Village remembers
None of the 11 disasters declared for Pickaway County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Logan Elm Village itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Pickaway County has had 11 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Logan Elm Village and its neighbors
Logan Elm Village is 2nd of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickaway Township | A−less damage than 83% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Logan Elm Village | A−less damage than 82% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Circleville Township | Bless damage than 60% | river and rain flooding | 12 |
| Circleville | B−more damage than 54% | river and rain flooding | 19 |
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 Logan Elm Village 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.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- 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 Logan Elm Village
Is Logan Elm Village at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Logan Elm Village has lower expected damage per building than 82% of U.S. towns: A− for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (76%) and tornadoes (10%). The figures are for the one census tract the town shares with its neighbors. This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Logan Elm Village 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 Pickaway County, 13% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.3% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Logan Elm Village?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Logan Elm Village’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Logan Elm Village at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (76%), and Logan Elm Village’s rate for it is lower than 66% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Logan Elm Village.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Logan Elm Village’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.