Natural hazards · Buckingham

Buckingham, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buckingham comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buckingham?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckingham to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding90%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Buckingham faces

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

Inland flooding

90% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Buckingham flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Buckingham

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BuckinghamDeclared for Wayne County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

Wayne County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Buckingham

Buckingham and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hancockmostly inland floodingVery high

Buckinghammostly inland floodingHigh

Manchestermostly inland floodingHigh

Scottmostly inland floodingLow

Prestonmostly inland floodingLow

Mount Pleasantmostly 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. Buckingham 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 Buckingham’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Buckingham. 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.