Natural hazards · Newbury

Newbury, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newbury comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newbury?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newbury to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Strong wind10%Tornadoes9%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Newbury faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 81 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Newbury flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Geauga County.

Disasters that hit Newbury

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewburyDeclared for Geauga County only

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$10K to the Township of Newbury for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

Geauga County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Newbury

Newbury and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Russellmostly inland floodingLow

South Russellmostly inland floodingLow

Auburnmostly inland floodingVery low

Munsonmostly inland floodingVery low

Newburymostly inland floodingVery low

Burtonmostly 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. Newbury covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newbury’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Newbury. 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 Newbury total about $1.0M 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.