Natural hazards · Bally

Bally, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bally comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bally?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bally to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Hurricanes7%Cold waves6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Bally faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Bally flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Bally.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Berks County.

Disasters that hit Bally

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BallyDeclared for Berks County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

Berks County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Bally is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bally’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Bally. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.