Natural hazards · Bridgeport

Bridgeport, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 140 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 Bridgeport?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridgeport to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Cold waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Bridgeport faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bridgeport flood?

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

140paid claims since 1978

$6.3Mpaid to owners

16homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 28 claims, $2.6M
Hurricane Ida: 26 claims, $1.6M
Not a named storm: 24 claims, $456K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (3) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Bridgeport 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

16flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Bridgeport

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgeportDeclared for Montgomery County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

263 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid

2011

Hurricane Irene

16 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

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

Around Bridgeport

Bridgeport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bridgeportmostly inland floodingHigh

Norristownmostly inland floodingHigh

Upper Merionmostly inland floodingLow

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. Bridgeport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bridgeport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Bridgeport. 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 Bridgeport total about $3.2M 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.