Natural hazards · Newman

Newman, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newman comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 24 claims here since 1995. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newman?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newman to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes45%Inland flooding42%Drought9%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Newman faces

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

Earthquakes

45% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 66 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newman flood?

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

24paid claims since 1995

$405Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19952026

Biggest named events

Pineapple Express - Southern: 11 claims, $107K

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

🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Newman is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Stanislaus County.

Disasters that hit Newman

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewmanDeclared for Stanislaus County only

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2020

Wildfires

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$50K to the City of Newman for repairs

Stanislaus County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Newman covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Newman. 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 Newman total about $2.5M 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.