Natural hazards · Brunswick

Brunswick, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brunswick comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brunswick?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding58%Tornadoes17%Strong wind6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Brunswick faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% 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 Brunswick flood?

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

30paid claims since 1978

$258Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $520

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. Brunswick isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Medina County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Brunswick

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrunswickDeclared for Medina County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$20K to the City of Brunswick for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

233 households applied for aid $202K aid approved $41K to the City of Brunswick for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

19 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $4K to the City of Brunswick for repairs

2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Medina County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Brunswick

Brunswick and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brunswickmostly inland floodingVery low

Brunswick Hillsmostly 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. Brunswick covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brunswick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brunswick. 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 Brunswick total about $4.0M 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.