Natural hazards · Newark

Newark, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newark comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newark?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newark to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding42%Heat waves28%Tornadoes10%Drought6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Newark faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Newark flood?

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

Disasters that hit Newark

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewarkDeclared for Knox County only

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$2K to the Village of Newark for repairs

Knox County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

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