Natural hazards · New Marshfield

New Marshfield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Marshfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Marshfield?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Marshfield to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Heat waves9%Tornadoes7%Strong wind6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What New Marshfield faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 48 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Marshfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Athens County.

Disasters that hit New Marshfield

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New MarshfieldDeclared for Athens County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

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

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