Natural-hazard risk by neighborhood

Which natural hazards threaten each part of Columbus most? Search your address to see your area, or click any neighborhood on the map. Switch between FEMA’s composite risk score and individual hazards — heat, tornado, river flooding, winter weather, and wind.

Full ranking — all 41 neighborhoods

Rank	Neighborhood	FEMA National Risk Index (0–100)
1	Fort Hayes	97
2	Harmon Road Corridor	76
3	Brewery District	75
4	German Village	73
5	Downtown	73
6	Franklinton	64
7	Dublin Road Corridor	59
8	Southwest	57
9	Wolfe Park	53
10	Far South	53
11	Livingston Avenue Area	48
12	Rocky Fork-Blacklick	48
13	Near East	42
14	Italian Village	42
15	East Columbus	40
16	Hayden Run	40
17	South East	39
18	Olentangy West	37
19	Harrison West	36
20	South Side	36
21	Northwest	35
22	Greater Hilltop	32
23	Northland	32
24	Mid East	31
25	Far East	31
26	Far Northwest	30
27	West Scioto	30
28	North Central	28
29	University District	27
30	Westland	26
31	Northeast	24
32	Victorian Village	24
33	Far West	24
34	Far North	23
35	Fifth by Northwest	20
36	Clintonville	20
37	Milo-Grogan	14
38	North Linden	13
39	South Linden	12
40	State of Ohio	11
41	Airport	11

How to read this map

The FEMA National Risk Index scores each census tract from 0 to 100 by combining a hazard’s expected annual loss with the community’s social vulnerability and resilience. Higher means more risk. We show each neighborhood as the area-weighted average of the tracts it covers, so a neighborhood spanning several tracts blends their scores by how much land each contributes. Switch hazards with the tabs; the composite rolls all 18 hazards together.

The drawer lists each neighborhood’s composite score and, as advisory context only, its social- vulnerability score. FEMA revised the social-vulnerability methodology in the December 2025 release, so treat that number as directional rather than a precise, comparable index.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025 vintage), by census tract, intersected with Census TIGER/Line tract boundaries. Risk is relative to the nation, so even a lower-scoring Columbus neighborhood faces real hazards. See methodology for details.