Natural hazards · Arden

Arden, DE natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arden to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Cold waves8%Earthquakes7%Heat waves5%Hurricanes5%Tornadoes5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Arden faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Arden flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: New Castle County.

Disasters that hit Arden

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArdenDeclared for New Castle County only

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$4K to the Village of Arden for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

$3K to the Village of Arden for repairs

2003

Snow

$2K to the Village of Arden for repairs

New Castle County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Arden 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 Arden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Arden. 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.

Arden, DE natural hazards

How exposed is Arden?

What Arden faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Earthquakes

Heat waves

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Arden flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

Hurricane Isabel

Snow

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