Natural hazards · New Richmond

New Richmond, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Richmond comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 317 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Richmond?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Richmond to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Everything else18%

By hazard

What New Richmond faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Richmond flood?

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

317paid claims since 1978

$5.3Mpaid to owners

14homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 66 claims, $145K
Central U.S. April Flooding: 10 claims, $345K
March storm: 1 claim, $5K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clermont County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

108flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

5buildings floodproofed

2homes raised above flood level

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit New Richmond

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New RichmondDeclared for Clermont County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$44K to the Village of New Richmond for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$4K to the Village of New Richmond for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$8K to the Village of New Richmond for repairs

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

Around New Richmond

New Richmond and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Richmondmostly inland floodingVery high

Ohiomostly inland floodingVery high

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