Natural hazards · New Castle

New Castle, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Castle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2004. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Castle?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Castle to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What New Castle faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 New Castle flood?

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

4paid claims since 2004

$32Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 3 claims, $20K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Craig County.

Disasters that hit New Castle

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in New Castle itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of New Castle.

Brought FEMA money into New CastleDeclared for Craig County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding From the Remanants of Hurricane Jeanne

34 households applied for aid $51K aid approved

Craig County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. New Castle 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 New Castle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of New Castle. 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.