Natural hazards · Newfield

Newfield, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2011. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newfield?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newfield to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Newfield faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 64 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newfield flood?

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

6paid claims since 2011

$75Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 2 claims, $9K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tompkins County.

Disasters that hit Newfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewfieldDeclared for Tompkins County only

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$35K to the Town of Newfield for repairs

Tompkins County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Newfield

Newfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Newfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Van Ettenmostly inland floodingHigh

Danbymostly inland floodingModerate

Catharinemostly inland floodingModerate

Cayutamostly inland floodingModerate

Enfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Ithacamostly inland floodingModerate

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. Newfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newfield. 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 Newfield total about $1.4M 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.