Natural hazards · Newbury

Newbury, IN natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newbury?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newbury to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes19%Strong wind10%Cold waves9%Hail7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Newbury faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 53 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Newbury flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: LaGrange County.

Disasters that hit Newbury

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewburyDeclared for LaGrange County only

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

Around Newbury

Newbury and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Van Burenmostly inland floodingLow

Edenmostly inland floodingVery low

Newburymostly inland floodingVery low

Claymostly inland floodingVery low

Middleburymostly inland floodingVery low

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. Newbury covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newbury’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Newbury. 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 Newbury total about $3.4M 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.