Natural hazards · Brook Park

Brook Park, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brook Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2017. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brook Park?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brook Park to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Cold waves11%Tornadoes7%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Brook Park faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Brook Park flood?

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

2paid claims since 2017

$344Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20172026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cuyahoga County.

Disasters that hit Brook Park

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Brook ParkDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding Due to the Remnants of Hurricane Sandy

$47K to the City of Brook Park for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $185 aid approved $8K to the City of Brook Park for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

9 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

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

Around Brook Park

Brook Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brook Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Clevelandmostly inland floodingLow

Parmamostly inland floodingLow

Olmstedmostly inland floodingVery low

Fairview Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

North Olmstedmostly inland floodingVery low

Bereamostly inland floodingVery low

Middleburg Heightsmostly 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. Brook Park covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brook Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brook Park. 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 Brook Park total about $6.6M 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.