Natural hazards · Felton

Felton, DE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Felton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Felton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding32%Cold waves22%Hurricanes22%Heat waves6%Tornadoes5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Felton faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 98 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Felton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Felton 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 Felton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FeltonDeclared for Kent County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

9 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

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