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 low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 53 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buckingham?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckingham to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes6%Everything else23%

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

71% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Buckingham flood?

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

53paid claims since 1978

$1.9Mpaid to owners

10homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 8 claims, $347K
Tropical Storm Lee: 7 claims, $117K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 7 claims, $72K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

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: Bucks County.

Disasters that hit Buckingham

3 federal disasters 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 Bucks County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

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

Around Buckingham

Buckingham and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Soleburymostly inland floodingModerate

Doylestownmostly inland floodingLow

Plumsteadmostly inland floodingLow

Buckinghammostly inland floodingLow

Wrightstownmostly inland floodingVery low

Warwickmostly inland floodingVery low

Doylestownmostly 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. Buckingham covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

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.

FEMA’s expected losses across Buckingham total about $7.9M 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.