Photo: Nyttend · Public domainStorms, floods and disasters in Quaker City
Quaker City isn’t graded for hazard risk: Quaker City has 275 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 43 claims here since 1981.
What Quaker City 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
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.
Does Quaker City flood? Sometimes: 43 flood claims since 1981
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Quaker City, from FEMA’s records.
- Tropical Storm Ivan13 claims · $117K
Quaker City isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Guernsey County.2 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Quaker City
Disasters that paid out in Quaker City itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Quaker City), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2004Severe Storms and Flooding46 households applied for aid$115K aid approved$17K to the Village of Quaker City for repairs
- 2004Severe Storms and Flooding3 households applied for aid$3K aid approved
Guernsey County has had 13 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.
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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.
- 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Quaker City
Does Quaker City flood?
Flood insurance has paid 43 claims in Quaker City since 1981, $574K in all. 5 properties have flooded more than once. The most claims came from Tropical Storm Ivan (13).
Is Quaker City 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 Guernsey County, 12% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.4% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Quaker City?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Quaker City’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Quaker City?
By FEMA money that reached Quaker City, Severe Storms and Flooding (2004): 46 households applied for aid, $115K approved, and $17K to the Village of Quaker City for repairs. By flood claims, Tropical Storm Ivan: 13 paid, $117K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Quaker City.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Quaker City’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.