Natural hazards · Newbold

Newbold, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newbold 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 Newbold?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newbold to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding49%Cold waves41%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Newbold faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newbold flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oneida County.

Disasters that hit Newbold

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewboldDeclared for Oneida County only

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Newbold for repairs

1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$4K to the Town of Newbold for repairs

Oneida County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Newbold

Newbold and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sugar Campmostly inland floodingModerate

Pine Lakemostly cold wavesModerate

Newboldmostly inland floodingModerate

Cassianmostly inland floodingLow

Rhinelandermostly cold wavesLow

Lake Tomahawkmostly cold wavesVery low

Crescentmostly cold wavesVery low

St. Germainmostly cold wavesVery low

Woodruffmostly cold wavesVery 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. Newbold covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newbold’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newbold. 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 Newbold total about $2.8M 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.