Natural hazards · New Boston

New Boston, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Boston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 2000. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Boston?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Boston to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Heat waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What New Boston faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 New Boston flood?

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

12paid claims since 2000

$86Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20002026

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

Insurance rates: Scioto County.

Disasters that hit New Boston

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New BostonDeclared for Scioto County only

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$101K to the Village of New Boston for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$612K to the Village of New Boston for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$96K to the Village of New Boston for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

5 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $5K to the Village of New Boston for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

19 households applied for aid $32K aid approved $35K to the Village of New Boston for repairs

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

Around New Boston

New Boston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Bostonmostly inland floodingVery high

Portsmouthmostly inland floodingHigh

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