Natural hazards · Newburgh Heights

Newburgh Heights, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newburgh Heights comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newburgh Heights?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newburgh Heights to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Tornadoes11%Cold waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Newburgh Heights faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newburgh Heights flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Newburgh Heights.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cuyahoga County.

Disasters that hit Newburgh Heights

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Newburgh HeightsDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding Due to the Remnants of Hurricane Sandy

$29K to the Village of Newburgh Heights for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

28 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

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

Around Newburgh Heights

Newburgh Heights and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clevelandmostly inland floodingLow

Newburgh Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Cuyahoga Heightsmostly 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. Newburgh Heights 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 Newburgh Heights’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Newburgh Heights. 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.