Natural hazards · Newcomb

Newcomb, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newcomb comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newcomb?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newcomb to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Drought15%Cold waves15%Tornadoes9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Newcomb faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Newcomb flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Champaign County.

Disasters that hit Newcomb

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Champaign County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Newcomb itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into NewcombDeclared for Champaign County only

Champaign County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often tornadoes and severe storms.

Around Newcomb

Newcomb and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mahometmostly inland floodingHigh

Newcombmostly inland floodingHigh

Conditmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Newcomb 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 Newcomb’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Newcomb. 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.