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Natural hazards · Newport

Newport, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newport?

81
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newport to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Newport faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 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 Newport flood?

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

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

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewportDeclared for Washington County only
2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$133K to the Township of Newport for repairs
2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$550K to the Township of Newport for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$19K to the Township of Newport for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $976 aid approved $48K to the Township of Newport for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $376K aid approved $22K to the Township of Newport for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $56K to the Township of Newport for repairs
2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$1K to the Township of Newport for repairs
Washington County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Newport

Newport and the towns around it

Newport: Very high, mostly inland floodingLawrence: Very high, mostly inland floodingMarietta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingIndependence: Very high, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Very high, mostly inland floodingFearing: High, mostly inland floodingMarietta: High, mostly inland floodingWarren: Very low, mostly inland floodingMuskingum: Moderate, mostly inland floodingReno: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGrandview: Very high, mostly inland floodingLudlow: Very high, mostly inland floodingNewport: Very high, mostly inland flooding NewportNewportLawrenceMariettaIndependence
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Newportmostly inland floodingVery high
Independencemostly inland floodingVery high
Newportmostly inland floodingVery high
Lawrencemostly inland floodingVery high
Mariettamostly inland floodingModerate
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. Newport 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 Newport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Newport. 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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