Natural hazards · Chalfont

Chalfont, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chalfont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chalfont?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chalfont to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Chalfont faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Chalfont flood?

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

10paid claims since 1979

$78Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 7 claims, $72K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $2K
Hurricane Isaias: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Chalfont 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 Chalfont

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChalfontDeclared for Bucks County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

110 households applied for aid $233K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

7 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

21 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

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

Around Chalfont

Chalfont and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Chalfontmostly inland floodingModerate

New Britainmostly inland floodingVery low

Brittany Farms-The Highlandsmostly 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. Chalfont covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Chalfont’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Chalfont. 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 Chalfont total about $1.8M 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.