Natural hazards · Suffield

Suffield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Suffield 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 Suffield?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Suffield to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Tornadoes11%Hail7%Strong wind6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Suffield faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% 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 Suffield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Portage County.

Disasters that hit Suffield

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SuffieldDeclared for Portage County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Suffield for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Portage County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Suffield

Suffield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tallmadgemostly inland floodingVery low

Mogadoremostly inland floodingVery low

Suffieldmostly inland floodingVery low

Randolphmostly inland floodingVery low

Springfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

Brimfieldmostly 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. Suffield covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Suffield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Suffield. 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 Suffield total about $1.1M 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.