Natural hazards · Newington

Newington, CT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 27 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newington?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newington to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Earthquakes5%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Newington faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Newington flood?

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

27paid claims since 1979

$663Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 4 claims, $10K
Hurricane Floyd: 2 claims, $103K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: .

Around Newington

Newington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hartfordmostly inland floodingHigh

Berlinmostly inland floodingHigh

Farmingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

West Hartfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Rocky Hillmostly inland floodingModerate

Newingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Wethersfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

New Britainmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Newington covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newington. 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 Newington total about $8.1M 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.