Natural hazards · Newborn

Newborn, GA natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newborn to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Tornadoes14%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Newborn 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

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 49 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Newborn flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Newton County.

Disasters that hit Newborn

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewbornDeclared for Newton County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

13 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

$12K to the Town of Newborn for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Associated Flooding

17 households applied for aid $538 aid approved $122K to the Town of Newborn for repairs

Newton County has had 15 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. Newborn 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 Newborn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newborn. 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.