Natural hazards · Newberry

Newberry, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newberry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1995. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newberry?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newberry to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Tornadoes14%Earthquakes10%Strong wind6%Cold waves5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Newberry faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 62 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Newberry flood?

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

3paid claims since 1995

$139Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19952026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Miami County.

Disasters that hit Newberry

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewberryDeclared for Miami County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$3K to the Township of Newberry for repairs

2004

Snow

$3K to the Township of Newberry for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$2K to the Township of Newberry for repairs

Miami County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Newberry

Newberry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Waynemostly inland floodingLow

Adamsmostly inland floodingLow

Newberrymostly inland floodingLow

Newtonmostly inland floodingLow

Loramiemostly inland floodingVery low

Washingtonmostly 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. Newberry covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newberry’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Newberry. 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 Newberry total about $1.9M 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.