Natural hazards · New Weston

New Weston, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Weston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Weston?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Weston to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes25%Earthquakes14%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What New Weston faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Weston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Darke County.

Disasters that hit New Weston

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New WestonDeclared for Darke County only

2024

Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

46 households applied for aid $27K aid approved $3K to the Village of New Weston for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved

Darke County has had 11 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 Weston 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 Weston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of New Weston. 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.

New Weston, OH natural hazards

How exposed is New Weston?

What New Weston faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Earthquakes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does New Weston flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Tornadoes

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

Severe Storms and Flooding

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