Natural hazards · Bryn Athyn

Bryn Athyn, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bryn Athyn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1996. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bryn Athyn?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bryn Athyn to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Cold waves8%Earthquakes7%Heat waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Bryn Athyn faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bryn Athyn flood?

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

5paid claims since 1996

$94Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $5K
Tropical Storm Allison: 1 claim, $73K
Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $10K

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. Bryn Athyn 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.

Disasters that hit Bryn Athyn

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Bryn AthynDeclared for Montgomery County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

4 households applied for aid $250 aid approved

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

Around Bryn Athyn

Bryn Athyn and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bryn Athynmostly inland floodingLow

Lower Morelandmostly inland floodingVery low

Upper Morelandmostly 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. Bryn Athyn covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bryn Athyn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Bryn Athyn. 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 Bryn Athyn total about $580K 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.