Natural hazards · Newton Grove

Newton Grove, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newton Grove comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2016. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newton Grove?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newton Grove to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes57%Inland flooding22%Tornadoes6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Newton Grove faces

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

Hurricanes

57% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 100 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Newton Grove flood?

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

4paid claims since 2016

$292Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 2 claims, $197K
Hurricane Florence: 2 claims, $95K

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. Newton Grove isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Sampson County.

Disasters that hit Newton Grove

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Newton GroveDeclared for Sampson County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

126 households applied for aid $84K aid approved $79K to the Town of Newton Grove for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

154 households applied for aid $87K aid approved $118K to the Town of Newton Grove for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

3 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $367 aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

22 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$1K to the Town of Newton Grove for repairs

Sampson County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Newton Grove covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newton Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newton Grove. 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 Newton Grove total about $882K 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.