Natural hazards · North Star

North Star, DE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Star comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2004.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Star?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Star to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Cold waves6%Everything else20%

By hazard

What North Star faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 North Star flood?

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

1paid claims since 2004

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. North Star 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 North Star

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into North StarDeclared for New Castle County only

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

Around North Star

North Star and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

London Britainmostly inland floodingHigh

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. North Star covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to North Star’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to North Star. 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 North Star total about $2.7M 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.