Storms, floods and disasters in New Ringgold
New Ringgold isn’t graded for hazard risk: New Ringgold has 284 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2006.
What New Ringgold faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Hurricanes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does New Ringgold flood? Rarely: 2 flood claims since 2006
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in New Ringgold, from FEMA’s records.
- Hurricane Ida1 claim · $3K
New Ringgold isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Schuylkill County.3 federal disasters brought FEMA money to New Ringgold
Disasters that paid out in New Ringgold itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Borough of New Ringgold), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2011Tropical Storm Lee6 households applied for aid$5K aid approved
- 2006Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides12 households applied for aid$9K aid approved1 flood claim paid that year
- 2004Tropical Depression Ivan3 households applied for aid$15K aid approved
Schuylkill County has had 20 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in New Ringgold
Does New Ringgold flood?
Flood insurance has paid 2 claims in New Ringgold since 2006, $12K in all. The most claims came from Hurricane Ida (1).
Is New Ringgold in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Schuylkill County, 17% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.0% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in New Ringgold?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for New Ringgold’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in New Ringgold?
By FEMA money that reached New Ringgold, Tropical Depression Ivan (2004): 3 households applied for aid, $15K approved. By flood claims, Hurricane Ida: 1 paid, $3K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in New Ringgold.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where New Ringgold’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.