Natural hazards · Burton

Burton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burton to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Strong wind11%Tornadoes11%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Burton faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 93 years 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 Burton flood?

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

7paid claims since 1979

$29Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Geauga County.

Disasters that hit Burton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurtonDeclared for Geauga County only

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$5K to the Township of Burton for repairs

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

Around Burton

Burton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Middlefieldmostly inland floodingLow

Claridonmostly inland floodingVery low

Newburymostly inland floodingVery low

Troymostly inland floodingVery low

Burtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Middlefieldmostly 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. Burton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Burton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Burton. 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 Burton total about $717K 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.