Natural hazards · Newbury

Newbury, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newbury comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newbury?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newbury to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Wildfire13%Tornadoes11%Everything else18%

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

57% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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: Wabaunsee County.

Disasters that hit Newbury

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewburyDeclared for Wabaunsee County only

2024

Severe Winter Storm

$33K to the Township of Newbury for repairs

2019

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

$45K to the Township of Newbury for repairs

2015

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

$54K to the Township of Newbury for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$20K to the Township of Newbury for repairs

2009

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

$17K to the Township of Newbury for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$52K to the Township of Newbury for repairs

Wabaunsee County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Newbury

Newbury and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Maple Hillmostly inland floodingVery high

Mill Creekmostly inland floodingVery high

Mission Creekmostly inland floodingVery high

Newburymostly inland floodingVery high

Almamostly inland floodingVery high

Kawmostly inland floodingVery high

Wabaunseemostly inland floodingVery high

McFarlandmostly inland floodingVery high

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 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 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.

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.