Natural hazards · Northfield

Northfield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Northfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Northfield?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Northfield to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding49%Hail16%Tornadoes11%Strong wind5%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Northfield faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Northfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Summit County.

Disasters that hit Northfield

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorthfieldDeclared for Summit County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

17 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

Summit County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Northfield

Northfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sagamore Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

Macedoniamostly inland floodingVery low

Northfieldmostly 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. Northfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Northfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Northfield. 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 Northfield total about $432K 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.