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Natural hazards · Newark

Newark, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newark comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 100 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newark?

35
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newark to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Hail9%Everything else20%
By hazard

What Newark faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce 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 Newark flood?

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

100paid claims since 1978
$650Kpaid to owners
3homes flooded more than once
19782026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Newark isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Licking County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Newark

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewarkDeclared for Licking County only
2024

Tornadoes

14 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$122K to the City of Newark for repairs
2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$93K to the City of Newark for repairs
2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$49K to the City of Newark for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

406 households applied for aid $249K aid approved $168K to the City of Newark for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
Licking County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
Around Newark

Newark and the towns around it

Newark: Very low, mostly inland floodingGranville: Low, mostly inland floodingMadison: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHeath: Very low, mostly inland floodingGranville: Very low, mostly inland floodingUnion: Low, mostly inland floodingSt. Albans: Low, mostly inland floodingGranville South: Very low, mostly inland floodingMcKean: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHanover: Low, mostly inland floodingFranklin: Low, mostly inland floodingMary Ann: High, mostly inland floodingWashington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLicking: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHebron: Low, mostly inland floodingHarrison: Low, mostly inland floodingWalnut: Very low, mostly inland floodingBuckeye Lake: High, mostly inland floodingHarbor Hills: Low, mostly inland floodingNewark: Low, mostly inland flooding NewarkNewarkGranvilleMadisonNewtonHeathGranvilleUnion
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Newtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Madisonmostly inland floodingModerate
Newarkmostly inland floodingLow
Unionmostly inland floodingLow
Granvillemostly inland floodingLow
Newarkmostly inland floodingVery low
Granvillemostly inland floodingVery low
Heathmostly 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. Newark covers 11 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newark’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Newark. 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 Newark total about $10.5M 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.

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