Natural hazards · Hockessin

Hockessin, DE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hockessin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 2003. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hockessin?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hockessin to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Hockessin faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Hockessin flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Hockessin, from FEMA’s records.

11paid claims since 2003

$218Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 4 claims, $28K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Hockessin 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 Hockessin

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HockessinDeclared for New Castle County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

21 households applied for aid $38K aid approved

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

Around Hockessin

Hockessin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hockessinmostly inland floodingModerate

Pike Creekmostly inland floodingLow

North Starmostly inland floodingLow

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. Hockessin covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hockessin’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hockessin. 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 Hockessin total about $7.1M 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.