Natural hazards · Newland

Newland, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 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 Newland?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding73%Cold waves9%Tornadoes5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Newland faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 97 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newland flood?

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

18paid claims since 1979

$3.1Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Helene: 10 claims, $2.5M
Tropical Storm Ivan: 2 claims, $331K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Avery County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

43flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Newland

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewlandDeclared for Avery County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

2,403 households applied for aid $12.3M aid approved $1.2M to the Town of Newland for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

324 households applied for aid $766K aid approved $166K to the Town of Newland for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

203 households applied for aid $417K aid approved $8K to the Town of Newland for repairs

Avery County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter 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. Newland 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 Newland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newland. 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.