Natural hazards · Edgemoor

Edgemoor, DE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edgemoor comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edgemoor?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding70%Cold waves7%Earthquakes5%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Edgemoor faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Edgemoor flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Edgemoor 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 Edgemoor

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for New Castle County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Edgemoor itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into EdgemoorDeclared for New Castle County only

New Castle County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Edgemoor

Edgemoor and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wilmingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Edgemoormostly inland floodingLow

Bellefontemostly 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. Edgemoor covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Edgemoor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Edgemoor. 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 Edgemoor total about $1.6M 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.