Natural hazards · Newville

Newville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newville to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes11%Heat waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Newville faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year 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 Newville flood?

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

3paid claims since 1979

$56Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $50K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $6K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cumberland County.

Disasters that hit Newville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewvilleDeclared for Cumberland County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

3 households applied for aid $127 aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

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

Around Newville

Newville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

West Pennsboromostly inland floodingLow

North Newtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Newvillemostly inland floodingVery low

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. Newville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Newville. 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 Newville total about $214K 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.