Natural hazards · Brookfield

Brookfield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brookfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1990. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brookfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brookfield to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Tornadoes11%Strong wind6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Brookfield faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Brookfield flood?

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

9paid claims since 1990

$153Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 2 claims, $32K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Trumbull County.

Disasters that hit Brookfield

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrookfieldDeclared for Trumbull County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

31 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

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

Around Brookfield

Brookfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Masurymostly inland floodingModerate

West Hillmostly inland floodingModerate

Brookfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Sharonmostly inland floodingLow

Hermitagemostly inland floodingVery low

Hartfordmostly inland floodingVery low

Yankee Lakemostly inland floodingVery low

Hubbardmostly inland floodingVery low

Viennamostly 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. Brookfield covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brookfield’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Brookfield. 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 Brookfield total about $2.3M 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.