Natural hazards · Newport

Newport, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newport?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newport to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding38%Tornadoes24%Strong wind13%Cold waves13%Hail6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Newport faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Newport flood?

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

17paid claims since 1979

$139Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Severe flooding: 3 claims, $60K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Newport

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewportDeclared for Washington County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$28K to the City of Newport for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$24K to the City of Newport for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$88K to the City of Newport for repairs

Washington County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Newport

Newport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Newportmostly inland floodingLow

Inver Grove Heightsmostly inland floodingLow

Woodburymostly inland floodingLow

St. Paul Parkmostly inland floodingLow

South St. Paulmostly inland floodingLow

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. Newport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Newport. 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 Newport total about $1.2M 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.