Natural hazards · Farmington

Farmington, DE natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Farmington to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding40%Hurricanes33%Cold waves9%Drought7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Farmington faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Farmington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kent County.

Disasters that hit Farmington

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into FarmingtonDeclared for Kent County only

Kent County has had 13 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. Farmington 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 Farmington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Farmington. 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.