Natural hazards · Bridgeton

Bridgeton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 179 claims here since 1996.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bridgeton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridgeton to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Bridgeton 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 95% 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 Bridgeton flood?

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

179paid claims since 1996

$7.0Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 33 claims, $1.6M
Torrential rain: 18 claims, $830K
Tropical Storm Lee: 7 claims, $57K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bucks County.

Disasters that hit Bridgeton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgetonDeclared for Bucks County only

Bucks County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Bridgeton

Bridgeton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bridgetonmostly inland floodingVery high

Milfordmostly inland floodingHigh

Alexandriamostly inland floodingHigh

Hollandmostly inland floodingHigh

Tinicummostly inland floodingModerate

Nockamixonmostly 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. Bridgeton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bridgeton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Bridgeton. 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 Bridgeton total about $1.3M 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.