Natural hazards · New Paris

New Paris, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Paris comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1999. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Paris?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Paris to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes22%Strong wind9%Cold waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What New Paris faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 38 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 New Paris flood?

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

6paid claims since 1999

$85Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. New Paris 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 New Paris

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New ParisDeclared for Preble County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$18K to the Village of New Paris for repairs

2004

Snow

$3K to the Village of New Paris 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. New Paris 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 Paris’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of New Paris. 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.