Natural hazards · Lewisburg

Lewisburg, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lewisburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lewisburg?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lewisburg to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes27%Strong wind11%Cold waves7%Earthquakes5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Lewisburg faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 37 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Lewisburg flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Lewisburg.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Preble County.

Disasters that hit Lewisburg

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LewisburgDeclared for Preble County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$30K to the Village of Lewisburg for repairs

2004

Snow

$5K to the Village of Lewisburg for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$2K to the Village of Lewisburg for repairs

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

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. Lewisburg 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 Lewisburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lewisburg. 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.