Natural hazards · Newry

Newry, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newry?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newry to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Newry faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newry flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Newry.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Blair County.

Disasters that hit Newry

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewryDeclared for Blair County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

6 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

4 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

Blair County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods 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. Newry 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 Newry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Newry. 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.