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Newville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newville?

59
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newville to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding28%Hurricanes20%Tornadoes19%Drought14%Cold waves10%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Newville faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage
Recorded about 40 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Newville flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Newville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewvilleDeclared for Henry County only
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes & Straight-Line

$9K to the Town of Newville for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

20 households applied for aid $64K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
Henry County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
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. Newville 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 Newville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newville. 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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