Natural hazards · Aston

Aston, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 35 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aston?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aston to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Heat waves9%Tornadoes7%Cold waves6%Earthquakes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Aston faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Aston flood?

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

35paid claims since 1978

$1.5Mpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 7 claims, $518K
Hurricane Isaias: 5 claims, $176K
Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $15K

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. Aston isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Delaware County.

Disasters that hit Aston

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AstonDeclared for Delaware County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

76 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

30 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid $183 aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $645 aid approved

Delaware County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Aston

Aston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Chestermostly inland floodingHigh

Brookhavenmostly inland floodingModerate

Chester Heightsmostly inland floodingLow

Upper Chichestermostly inland floodingVery low

Astonmostly inland floodingVery low

Middletownmostly inland floodingVery low

Concordmostly inland floodingVery low

Bethelmostly 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. Aston covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Aston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Aston. 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 Aston total about $4.0M 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.