New Ringgold’s biggest natural hazard is inland flooding
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Ringgold comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2006. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
What stands out about New Ringgold’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
Does New Ringgold flood? Rarely: 2 flood claims since 2006
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in New Ringgold, from FEMA’s records.
- Hurricane Ida1 claim · $3K
New Ringgold isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Schuylkill County.How exposed is New Ringgold?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.
Rated higher than 1,325 of the 2,558 Pennsylvania towns we cover.
New Ringgold is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
What New Ringgold faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Hurricanes
Cold waves
3 federal disasters brought FEMA money to New Ringgold
Disasters that paid out in New Ringgold itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Borough of New Ringgold) and its biggest flood years.
- 2011Tropical Storm Lee6 households applied for aid$5K aid approved
- 2006Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides12 households applied for aid$9K aid approved
- 2004Tropical Depression Ivan3 households applied for aid$15K aid approved
Schuylkill County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Old photos of New Ringgold after a storm or flood belong in the town’s history. Add one, or share what you remember below.
Add to the New Ringgold archive →Get ready for what New Ringgold actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Let faucets drip so pipes don’t freeze.
- Know where your water shutoff is.
- Never heat the house with the oven or a grill.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Most disasters here begin in August–October
The month each of Schuylkill County’s 21 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to New Ringgold’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of New Ringgold.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in New Ringgold.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.