Natural hazards · Newtown

Newtown, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newtown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1989. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newtown?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newtown to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Earthquakes8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Newtown faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newtown flood?

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

3paid claims since 1989

$15Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19892026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $7K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bucks County.

Disasters that hit Newtown

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewtownDeclared for Bucks County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

112 households applied for aid $143K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

9 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

33 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

3 households applied for aid $935 aid approved

Bucks County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

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. Newtown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newtown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Newtown. 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 Newtown total about $1.1M 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.