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Natural hazards · Newark

Newark, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newark comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newark?

28
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newark to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Cold waves11%Hurricanes8%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Newark faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Newark flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Newark isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Caledonia County.
Disasters that hit Newark

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewarkDeclared for Caledonia County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved $228K to the Town of Newark for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$27K to the Town of Newark for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$100K to the Town of Newark for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$111K to the Town of Newark for repairs
Caledonia County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Newark

Newark and the towns around it

Westmore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Haven: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrighton: High, mostly inland floodingBurke: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSutton: Low, mostly inland floodingCharleston: High, mostly inland floodingBarton: High, mostly inland floodingGranby: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVictory: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMorgan: High, mostly inland floodingKirby: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLyndon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWheelock: Low, mostly inland floodingSheffield: Low, mostly inland floodingNewark: Low, mostly inland flooding NewarkWestmoreEast HavenBrightonBurkeSutton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Brightonmostly inland floodingHigh
Westmoremostly inland floodingModerate
East Havenmostly inland floodingModerate
Burkemostly inland floodingModerate
Newarkmostly inland floodingLow
Suttonmostly inland floodingLow
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. Newark 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 Newark’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newark. 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.

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