Natural hazards · Newtown

Newtown, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newtown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 61 claims here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newtown?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newtown to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes17%Heat waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Newtown faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Newtown flood?

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

61paid claims since 1978

$669Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 9 claims, $6K
Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $5K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hamilton County.

Disasters that hit Newtown

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewtownDeclared for Hamilton County only

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$5K to the Village of Newtown for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $6K aid approved

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

Around Newtown

Newtown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Newtownmostly inland floodingLow

Turpin Hillsmostly inland floodingLow

Dry Runmostly inland floodingLow

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. Newtown covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newtown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Newtown. 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 Newtown total about $2.0M 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.