Natural hazards · Brewster

Brewster, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brewster comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim 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 Brewster?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brewster to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Tornadoes5%Hail5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Brewster faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 62 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Brewster flood?

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

1paid claims since 1979

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stark County.

Disasters that hit Brewster

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrewsterDeclared for Stark County only

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

73 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $11K to the Village of Brewster for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

1 household applied for aid

Stark County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Brewster is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

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

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.