Natural hazards · Abington

Abington, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Abington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 295 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Abington?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Abington to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves13%Heat waves10%Earthquakes7%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Abington faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Abington flood?

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

295paid claims since 1979

$4.5Mpaid to owners

52homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Allison: 66 claims, $1.6M
Tropical Storm Lee: 17 claims, $197K
Hurricane Floyd: 16 claims, $109K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (8) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

3homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Abington

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AbingtonDeclared for Montgomery County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

137 households applied for aid $286K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

28 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

83 households applied for aid $147K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

6 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Montgomery County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Abington

Abington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Philadelphiamostly inland floodingModerate

Cheltenhammostly inland floodingLow

Lower Morelandmostly inland floodingVery low

Upper Morelandmostly inland floodingVery low

Upper Dublinmostly inland floodingVery low

Abingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Jenkintownmostly inland floodingVery low

Rockledgemostly 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. Abington covers 15 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Abington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Abington. 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 Abington total about $15.5M 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.