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Natural hazards · New Franklin

New Franklin, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Franklin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2011. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is New Franklin?

19
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Franklin to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Hail12%Tornadoes7%Everything else15%
By hazard

What New Franklin faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Franklin flood?

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

3paid claims since 2011
$26Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Late winter storms: 1 claim, $38
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. New Franklin isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Summit County.
Disasters that hit New Franklin

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New FranklinDeclared for Summit County only
2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$19K to the City of New Franklin for repairs
Summit County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
Around New Franklin

New Franklin and the towns around it

Norton: Very low, mostly inland floodingBarberton: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreen: Very low, mostly inland floodingClinton: Low, mostly inland floodingLawrence: Low, mostly inland floodingCoventry: Very low, mostly inland floodingChippewa: Very low, mostly inland floodingCopley: Very low, mostly inland floodingWadsworth: Very low, mostly inland floodingAkron: Very low, mostly inland floodingJackson: Very low, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingUniontown: Very low, mostly inland floodingPortage Lakes: Very low, mostly inland floodingLake: Very low, mostly inland floodingTuscarawas: Very low, mostly inland floodingBaughman: Very low, mostly inland floodingRittman: Low, mostly inland floodingMarshallville: Very low, mostly inland floodingMilton: Very low, mostly inland floodingNew Franklin: Very low, mostly inland flooding New FranklinNortonBarbertonGreenClintonLawrenceCoventryChippewa
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Clintonmostly inland floodingLow
Lawrencemostly inland floodingLow
New Franklinmostly inland floodingVery low
Barbertonmostly inland floodingVery low
Chippewamostly inland floodingVery low
Nortonmostly inland floodingVery low
Greenmostly inland floodingVery low
Coventrymostly 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. New Franklin covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Franklin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of New Franklin. 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 New Franklin total about $2.9M 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.