Natural hazards · Newburg

Newburg, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newburg?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newburg to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves25%Tornadoes15%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Newburg faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 53 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Newburg

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewburgDeclared for Washington County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Village of Newburg for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $917 aid approved

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$2K to the Village of Newburg for repairs

Washington County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Newburg

Newburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Saukvillemostly inland floodingLow

Newburgmostly inland floodingVery low

Trentonmostly 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. Newburg 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 Newburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Newburg. 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.