Natural hazards · Bridgeville

Bridgeville, DE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bridgeville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridgeville to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding41%Hurricanes31%Cold waves15%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Bridgeville faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bridgeville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sussex County.

Disasters that hit Bridgeville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgevilleDeclared for Sussex County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$2K to the Town of Bridgeville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$12K to the Town of Bridgeville for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$11K to the Town of Bridgeville for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$13K to the Town of Bridgeville for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

9 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $2K to the Town of Bridgeville for repairs

2003

Snow

$4K to the Town of Bridgeville for repairs

Sussex County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

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. Bridgeville 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 Bridgeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bridgeville. 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.