Howland Center, OH Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
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The chance of earthquake damage in Howland Center is about the same as Ohio average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Howland Center is higher than Ohio average and is higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #1177
| Howland Center, OH | 0.02 |
| Ohio | 0.16 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Howland Center, OH | 0.0000 |
| Ohio | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #414
| Howland Center, OH | 181.41 |
| Ohio | 156.02 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 5,474 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Howland Center, OH were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 6 | Cold: | 45 | Dense Fog: | 1 | Drought: | 26 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 695 | Hail: | 1,255 | Heat: | 27 | Heavy Snow: | 202 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 45 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 167 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 2,724 | Tropical Storm: | 1 | Wildfire: | 0 | Winter Storm: | 100 | Winter Weather: | 17 |
| Other: | 163 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Howland Center, OH.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Howland Center, OH.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Howland Center, OH.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 66 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Howland Center, OH.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 4.2 | 1955-03-01 | 3 | 41°16'N / 80°40'W | 2.50 Miles | 40 Yards | 1 | 6 | 250K | 0 | Mahoning | |
| 5.3 | 1985-05-31 | 5 | 41°12'N / 81°02'W | 41°10'N / 80°34'W | 23.50 Miles | 440 Yards | 10 | 250 | 250.0M | 0 | Trumbull |
| 6.2 | 1978-06-07 | 2 | 41°09'N / 80°46'W | 41°10'N / 80°43'W | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Trumbull | ||
| 7.9 | 1956-08-05 | 3 | 41°09'N / 80°42'W | 41°08'N / 80°41'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Trumbull | ||
| 9.2 | 1956-08-05 | 3 | 41°08'N / 80°41'W | 41°07'N / 80°40'W | 2 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mahoning | ||
| 11.9 | 1985-05-31 | 5 | 41°10'N / 80°34'W | 41°10'N / 80°31'W | 3.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250.0M | 0 | Trumbull |
| 13.4 | 1976-02-16 | 2 | 41°04'N / 80°50'W | 1.50 Miles | 600 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mahoning | |
| 13.5 | 1985-05-31 | 5 | 41°10'N / 80°31'W | 41°12'N / 80°29'W | 2.00 Miles | 450 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mercer |
| 13.5 | 1987-06-27 | 2 | 41°04'N / 80°39'W | 1.50 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mahoning | |
| 14.4 | 1954-09-30 | 2 | 41°15'N / 80°28'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Mercer | |||
| 14.9 | 1963-04-19 | 2 | 41°02'N / 80°52'W | 41°02'N / 80°34'W | 15.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mahoning |
| 17.0 | 1992-08-08 | 2 | 41°06'N / 80°29'W | 1.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 11 | 250K | 0 | Lawrence | |
| 17.7 | 2002-11-10 | 2 | 41°15'N / 80°28'W | 41°20'N / 80°21'W | 7.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 1 | 19 | 1.0M | 0 | Mercer |
| Brief Description: Starting about 7:54 PM, an F2 tornado touched down near Trout Island Road, east of Sharpsville. The tornado traveled northeast at 50 mph, crossed Route 18, then ripped into Clark. It crossed Shenango River Lake and tracked to New Hamburg, where it dissipated 8:02 PM. The tornado path was 7 miles long, about 500 yards wide at its maximum, in the town of Clark. Maximum winds estimated 155 mph. Majority of damage and all injuries occurred in Clark. Fifteen homes completely destroyed, 13 major damage, 29 had minor damage. One business destroyed; 1 suffered major damage. A large number of trees were snapped or toppled. Large truck was overturned. One van was thrown across Route 258. Several other vehicles were moved by the tornado or suffered considerable damage. Strongest tornado in Mercer county since May 31,1985. M81PH | |||||||||||
| 18.2 | 1985-05-31 | 3 | 41°26'N / 81°00'W | 41°31'N / 80°51'W | 9.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 20 | 2.5M | 0 | Trumbull |
| 18.3 | 1985-05-31 | 5 | 41°12'N / 81°09'W | 41°12'N / 81°02'W | 6.50 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250.0M | 0 | Portage |
| 18.5 | 2001-04-09 | 2 | 41°02'N / 80°32'W | 41°02'N / 80°32'W | 4.00 Miles | 75 Yards | 0 | 0 | 200K | 0 | Mahoning |
| Brief Description: A weak F2 tornado touched down near Lowellville in eastern Mahoning County. The tornado had a intermittent damage path approximately four miles in length and 75 yards in width. Two homes, one business and two garages suffered significant damage with around a dozen other homes sustaining minor damage. | |||||||||||
| 19.4 | 1985-05-31 | 5 | 41°12'N / 80°29'W | 41°13'N / 80°16'W | 12.00 Miles | 450 Yards | 8 | 60 | 250K | 0 | Mercer |
| 19.8 | 1985-05-31 | 3 | 41°31'N / 80°51'W | 41°33'N / 80°44'W | 6.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 10 | 2.5M | 0 | Ashtabula |
| 20.1 | 1985-05-31 | 4 | 41°29'N / 80°31'W | 41°29'N / 80°31'W | 0.20 Mile | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Trumbull |
| 21.2 | 1959-10-06 | 2 | 41°21'N / 81°13'W | 41°24'N / 81°01'W | 10.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Geauga |
| 21.7 | 1985-05-31 | 4 | 41°29'N / 80°31'W | 41°29'N / 80°25'W | 7.00 Miles | 350 Yards | 0 | 5 | 25.0M | 0 | Mercer |
| 24.0 | 1992-08-08 | 2 | 41°04'N / 80°21'W | 2.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lawrence | |
| 25.6 | 1955-03-11 | 2 | 40°53'N / 80°50'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Columbiana | |
| 26.6 | 1964-06-15 | 2 | 41°14'N / 80°14'W | 0 | 4 | 250K | 0 | Mercer | |||
| 26.6 | 1973-06-03 | 3 | 41°11'N / 81°20'W | 41°11'N / 81°10'W | 8.40 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Portage |
| 26.7 | 1977-09-24 | 2 | 41°00'N / 80°21'W | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Lawrence | |||
| 27.0 | 1985-05-31 | 2 | 40°53'N / 80°51'W | 40°50'N / 80°35'W | 15.00 Miles | 220 Yards | 0 | 20 | 25.0M | 0 | Columbiana |
| 28.1 | 1992-07-12 | 2 | 41°03'N / 81°13'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Portage | |
| 28.8 | 1978-10-12 | 3 | 40°48'N / 80°55'W | 40°53'N / 80°49'W | 7.30 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 4 | 2.5M | 0 | Columbiana |
| 29.8 | 1967-07-24 | 2 | 41°36'N / 80°57'W | 41°45'N / 80°42'W | 16.40 Miles | 600 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Ashtabula |
| 30.5 | 1967-07-24 | 2 | 40°49'N / 80°41'W | 40°49'N / 80°33'W | 6.50 Miles | 277 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Columbiana |
| 31.2 | 1956-07-08 | 2 | 41°36'N / 80°57'W | 41°48'N / 80°34'W | 23.90 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Ashtabula |
| 31.9 | 1972-05-02 | 3 | 41°28'N / 80°13'W | 41°29'N / 80°12'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Mercer | ||
| 32.4 | 1985-05-31 | 2 | 41°41'N / 80°43'W | 41°44'N / 80°31'W | 9.00 Miles | 220 Yards | 0 | 15 | 2.5M | 0 | Ashtabula |
| 32.7 | 1986-10-03 | 2 | 41°08'N / 80°14'W | 41°08'N / 80°02'W | 9.00 Miles | 123 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Mercer |
| 33.4 | 1973-06-03 | 3 | 41°12'N / 81°26'W | 41°11'N / 81°20'W | 4.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Summit |
| 33.4 | 1952-01-17 | 2 | 41°36'N / 80°18'W | 0.50 Mile | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Crawford | |
| 34.2 | 1985-05-31 | 4 | 41°29'N / 80°25'W | 41°31'N / 79°56'W | 22.50 Miles | 350 Yards | 8 | 75 | 25.0M | 0 | Crawford |
| 34.4 | 1985-05-31 | 2 | 41°39'N / 80°25'W | 41°41'N / 80°21'W | 4.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 1 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Crawford |
| 34.5 | 1954-06-01 | 2 | 41°18'N / 80°05'W | 0 | 3 | 3K | 0 | Mercer | |||
| 34.6 | 1985-06-22 | 2 | 41°41'N / 81°03'W | 41°43'N / 81°01'W | 2.40 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Geauga |
| 35.2 | 1985-06-22 | 2 | 41°43'N / 81°01'W | 41°48'N / 80°31'W | 27.00 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Ashtabula |
| 35.6 | 1985-05-31 | 2 | 41°44'N / 80°31'W | 41°44'N / 80°30'W | 1.00 Mile | 127 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Crawford |
| 36.7 | 1972-05-02 | 3 | 41°29'N / 80°12'W | 41°33'N / 80°04'W | 7.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Crawford |
| 37.7 | 1992-07-12 | 3 | 41°08'N / 81°29'W | 41°10'N / 81°26'W | 8.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Summit |
| 37.8 | 2002-11-10 | 2 | 41°19'N / 81°30'W | 41°19'N / 81°26'W | 3.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 10.2M | 0 | Summit |
| Brief Description: A small F0/F1 tornado touched down in Macedonia near the intersection of Valley View Drive (SR 631) and Aurora Road and moved northeast. The tornado gradually strengthened and reached F2 intensity as it crossed State Route 14 and moved into Twinsburg. After a track of just over three miles the tornado weakened to F1 intensity and crossed into Cuyahoga County south of Glenwillow. Extensive damage was done in Macedonia and Twinsburg. In Macedonia, 60 homes were damaged including two that were destroyed and 15 others were damaged enough to be declared uninhabitable. The most severe damage in the county occurred in the Glenwood Preserve neighborhood on the north side of Twinsburg. Extensive damage was done on Andover Drive and Deeplake Circle where several homes were leveled and a total of 45 homes damaged. Damage estimates in Twinsburg alone were well over $5 million. The damage path was continuous and about 100 yards in width. Dozens of cars were damaged or destroyed and hundreds of trees and power poles downed in Summit County. | |||||||||||
| 37.8 | 1965-11-16 | 2 | 40°48'N / 81°15'W | 40°50'N / 81°08'W | 5.90 Miles | 300 Yards | 2 | 9 | 2.5M | 0 | Stark |
| 38.1 | 2004-05-25 | 2 | 41°32'N / 80°10'W | 41°31'N / 80°03'W | 7.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3.5M | 0 | Crawford |
| Brief Description: An F2 tornado touched down three miles west of Custards and then tracked east for seven miles. The tornado finally lifted just west of Cochranton near U.S Highway 322. The damage path was continuous, up to 50 yards in width and roughly parallel to State Route 285. Significant damage occurred along the damage path. At least ten homes were damaged with two large farm buildings destroyed. Two factories west of Custards along Delano Road were also heavily damaged. One factory lost over 16,000 square feet of roofing and had much of it's inventory destroyed. The second factory was also heavily damaged on one side. Twelve semi trailers parked outside this factory were overturned and destroyed. Several dozen workers inside the factories had sought shelter prior to the arrival of the tornado and were uninjured. Hundreds of trees and dozens of power poles were downed along the damage path. | |||||||||||
| 38.4 | 1985-05-31 | 3 | 40°49'N / 80°28'W | 40°47'N / 80°09'W | 17.00 Miles | 243 Yards | 3 | 40 | 25.0M | 0 | Beaver |
| 39.7 | 1954-06-10 | 2 | 40°51'N / 80°11'W | 40°53'N / 80°10'W | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Lawrence | ||
| 40.3 | 1963-04-19 | 2 | 41°48'N / 81°00'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Ashtabula | |||
| 40.4 | 1954-09-30 | 2 | 40°45'N / 81°09'W | 1 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Carroll | |||
| 40.7 | 1955-07-01 | 2 | 41°45'N / 80°22'W | 41°46'N / 80°20'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Crawford | ||
| 40.9 | 1963-04-19 | 2 | 41°05'N / 81°30'W | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Summit | |||
| 41.4 | 1954-06-10 | 2 | 40°45'N / 80°15'W | 40°51'N / 80°11'W | 7.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Beaver |
| 41.6 | 1966-09-29 | 3 | 41°27'N / 81°33'W | 41°27'N / 81°27'W | 4.50 Miles | 60 Yards | 0 | 20 | 2.5M | 0 | Cuyahoga |
| 42.0 | 1983-05-02 | 3 | 41°20'N / 81°39'W | 41°22'N / 81°26'W | 12.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 1 | 25 | 25.0M | 0 | Cuyahoga |
| 42.4 | 1985-05-31 | 4 | 41°50'N / 80°33'W | 41°51'N / 80°31'W | 2.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Ashtabula |
| 42.9 | 1969-07-04 | 2 | 41°48'N / 81°15'W | 41°45'N / 81°07'W | 7.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 40 | 250K | 0 | Lake |
| 43.5 | 1985-06-22 | 2 | 41°48'N / 80°31'W | 41°50'N / 80°15'W | 14.00 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Crawford |
| 44.0 | 1977-06-30 | 2 | 40°55'N / 81°28'W | 0.50 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Stark | |
| 45.9 | 2002-04-28 | 2 | 40°51'N / 81°31'W | 40°52'N / 81°24'W | 7.20 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 2 | 45.5M | 0 | Stark |
| Brief Description: A strong F2 tornado touched down at 158 pm edt and caused major damage and two minor injuries along a path of just over seven miles. Major damage occurred along the path which was nearly a quarter mile in width at times. The initial touchdown occurred west of the intersection of Arlington Avenue and Windy Lane Street NW near Crystal Springs. From this location, the tornado moved east northeast through residential neighborhoods in Jackson Township. The tornado passed to the north of Lake Cable, crossed Interstate 77 near Portage Street and finally dissipated near a shopping district along State Route 297 in North Canton. The damage path was intermittent along part of its length. Over 300 homes were damaged along the damage path with 25 structures destroyed. An additional 38 buildings including three businesses were partially destroyed with 50 more structures sustaining significant roof damage. Another 197 homes and businesses suffered minor damage. A middle school building suffered extensive damage and was closed for nearly a week for repairs. A nearby high school was also damaged. Approximately 1000 trees were downed by the tornado and over 300 vehicles damaged. | |||||||||||
| 47.3 | 1985-05-31 | 4 | 41°51'N / 80°31'W | 41°55'N / 80°17'W | 12.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 12 | 82 | 25.0M | 0 | Erie |
| 47.5 | 1981-07-20 | 2 | 40°51'N / 80°00'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Butler | |||
| 47.5 | 1981-08-07 | 2 | 41°24'N / 79°51'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Venango | |||
| 49.8 | 1956-05-12 | 2 | 40°37'N / 80°17'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Beaver | |||
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.