Natural hazards · Amwell

Amwell, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Amwell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2004.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Amwell?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Amwell to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Amwell faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Amwell flood?

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

5paid claims since 2004

$49Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20042026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Amwell

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into AmwellDeclared for Washington County only

Washington County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Amwell

Amwell and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

West Bethlehemmostly inland floodingHigh

Washingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Amwellmostly inland floodingModerate

Morrismostly inland floodingModerate

North Bethlehemmostly inland floodingLow

South Franklinmostly inland floodingVery low

North Franklinmostly inland floodingVery low

South Strabanemostly 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. Amwell covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Amwell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Amwell. 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 Amwell total about $1.2M 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.