Natural hazards · Biglerville

Biglerville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Biglerville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Biglerville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Biglerville to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding60%Hurricanes15%Drought6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Biglerville faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Biglerville flood?

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

2paid claims since 1978

$12Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Adams County.

Disasters that hit Biglerville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BiglervilleDeclared for Adams County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

3 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Adams County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

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. Biglerville 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 Biglerville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Biglerville. 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.