Natural hazards · Brecon

Brecon, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brecon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brecon?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brecon to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes25%Heat waves10%Cold waves7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Brecon faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Brecon flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hamilton County.

Disasters that hit Brecon

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Hamilton County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Brecon itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BreconDeclared for Hamilton County only

Hamilton County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Brecon

Brecon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sycamoremostly inland floodingVery low

Sharonvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Breconmostly inland floodingVery low

Montgomerymostly inland floodingVery low

Highpointmostly inland floodingVery low

Blue Ashmostly 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. Brecon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brecon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Brecon. 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 Brecon total about $1.7M 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.