Natural hazards · Barberton

Barberton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barberton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 159 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Barberton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barberton to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Hail12%Tornadoes8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Barberton faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Barberton flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Barberton, from FEMA’s records.

159paid claims since 1979

$2.1Mpaid to owners

33homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Erin: 16 claims, $162K
Late winter storms: 2 claims, $8K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Barberton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Summit County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

33flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Barberton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Barberton itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Barberton.

Brought FEMA money into BarbertonDeclared for Summit County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$38K to the City of Barberton for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

113 households applied for aid $86K aid approved $34K to the City of Barberton for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

24 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

Summit County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Barberton

Barberton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Franklinmostly inland floodingVery low

Akronmostly inland floodingVery low

Barbertonmostly inland floodingVery low

Nortonmostly inland floodingVery low

Coventrymostly inland floodingVery low

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Barberton covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barberton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Barberton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Barberton total about $4.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.