Natural hazards · Newton

Newton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2005.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newton to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding58%Tornadoes16%Earthquakes7%Cold waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Newton faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 34 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Newton flood?

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

3paid claims since 2005

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20052026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Newton 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 Newton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Miami County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Newton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into NewtonDeclared for Miami County only

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

Around Newton

Newton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Concordmostly inland floodingLow

Franklinmostly inland floodingLow

Newberrymostly inland floodingLow

Newtonmostly inland floodingLow

Unionmostly 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. Newton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Newton. 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 Newton total about $965K 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.