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New Sharon, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Sharon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 New Sharon?

32
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Sharon to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding43%Drought16%Tornadoes14%Strong wind9%Cold waves7%Everything else11%
By hazard

What New Sharon faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 New Sharon flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New SharonDeclared for Mahaska County only
2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$45K to the City of New Sharon for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

21 households applied for aid $40K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$49K to the City of New Sharon for repairs
Mahaska County has had 17 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. New Sharon 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 New Sharon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of New Sharon. 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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