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Natural hazards · Newport

Newport, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 39 claims here since 1984. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newport?

67
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding75%Heat waves6%Strong wind6%Hurricanes6%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Newport faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newport flood?

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

39paid claims since 1984
$266Kpaid to owners
7homes flooded more than once
19842026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 11 claims, $101K

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. Newport isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Perry County.
Disasters that hit Newport

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewportDeclared for Perry County only
2011

Tropical Storm Lee

16 households applied for aid $35K aid approved
2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

37 households applied for aid $130K aid approved
Perry County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Newport

Newport and the towns around it

Oliver: High, mostly inland floodingHowe: High, mostly inland floodingMiller: High, mostly inland floodingGreenwood: High, mostly inland floodingTuscarora: High, mostly inland floodingCentre: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJuniata: High, mostly inland floodingBuffalo: High, mostly inland floodingNewport: High, mostly inland flooding NewportOliverHowe
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Newportmostly inland floodingHigh
Olivermostly inland floodingHigh
Howemostly inland floodingHigh
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. Newport 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 Newport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Newport. 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.

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