Natural hazards · Newtown

Newtown, MO natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newtown?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newtown to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding28%Drought24%Tornadoes17%Cold waves16%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Newtown faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

24% of expected damage

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Newtown flood?

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

Disasters that hit Newtown

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewtownDeclared for Sullivan County only

Sullivan County has had 21 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. Newtown 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 Newtown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newtown. 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.