Natural hazards · Newburgh

Newburgh, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newburgh comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1979. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newburgh?

79
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newburgh to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Earthquakes14%Tornadoes8%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Newburgh faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Newburgh flood?

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

14paid claims since 1979
$55Kpaid to owners
3homes flooded more than once
19792026

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. Newburgh isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Warrick County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Newburgh

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewburghDeclared for Warrick County only
2025

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

$343K to the Town of Newburgh for repairs
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

$47K to the Town of Newburgh for repairs
2012

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

18 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and

$421K to the Town of Newburgh for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$100K to the Town of Newburgh for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $53K to the Town of Newburgh for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $65K aid approved
2005

Tornado and Severe Storms

633 households applied for aid $297K aid approved $67K to the Town of Newburgh for repairs
2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2004

Snow

$3K to the Town of Newburgh for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

94 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $55K to the Town of Newburgh for repairs
Warrick County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Newburgh

Newburgh and the towns around it

Ohio: High, mostly inland floodingAnderson: High, mostly inland floodingCampbell: High, mostly inland floodingBoon: High, mostly inland floodingKnight: High, mostly earthquakesEvansville: High, mostly earthquakesLuce: High, mostly inland floodingNewburgh: High, mostly inland flooding NewburghOhioAnderson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Newburghmostly inland floodingHigh
Ohiomostly inland floodingHigh
Andersonmostly 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. Newburgh covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newburgh’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newburgh. 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 Newburgh total about $3.0M 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.

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