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Newcomerstown, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newcomerstown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1998. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newcomerstown?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newcomerstown to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Newcomerstown faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Newcomerstown flood?

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

3paid claims since 1998
$8Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19982026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Newcomerstown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Tuscarawas County.
Disasters that hit Newcomerstown

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewcomerstownDeclared for Tuscarawas County only
2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$19K to the Village of Newcomerstown for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
Tuscarawas County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Newcomerstown

Newcomerstown and the towns around it

Oxford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOxford: Very low, mostly inland floodingSalem: Low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Very low, mostly inland floodingWheeling: Low, mostly inland floodingLafayette: Very low, mostly inland floodingAdams: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLinton: Low, mostly inland floodingNewcomerstown: Moderate, mostly inland flooding NewcomerstownOxfordOxford
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Newcomerstownmostly inland floodingModerate
Oxfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Oxfordmostly 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. Newcomerstown 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 Newcomerstown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Newcomerstown. 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.

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