Natural hazards · Newry

Newry, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newry to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves26%Tornadoes10%Everything else15%

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

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 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: Oconee 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 Newry.

Brought FEMA money into NewryDeclared for Oconee County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

9 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

Oconee County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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 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.