Croydon’s biggest natural hazard is inland flooding
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Croydon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 140 claims here since 1978.
What stands out about Croydon’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
Does Croydon flood? Yes: 140 flood claims since 1978
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Croydon, from FEMA’s records.
- Hurricane Floyd16 claims · $202K
- Hurricane Irene6 claims · $44K
- Tropical Storm Lee5 claims · $57K
Croydon 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.The storms Croydon remembers
None of the disasters declared for Bucks County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Croydon itself in FEMA’s records.
- 202144 flood claims paidThe most in any one year on record
- 201118 flood claims paidOne of the three biggest flood years on record
- 199917 flood claims paidOne of the three biggest flood years on record
Bucks County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
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FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.
Rated higher than 1,983 of the 2,558 Pennsylvania towns we cover.
Croydon covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
What Croydon faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Earthquakes
Get ready for what Croydon actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Keep a shovel, a blanket and snacks in the car.
- Clear snow from furnace and dryer vents.
- Check on older neighbors when the power goes out.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Croydon and its neighbors
Croydon ranks 3rd calmest of 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Rating | Mostly | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewater Park | Very high | inland flooding | 7 |
| Croydon | High | inland flooding | 140 |
| Bristol | Moderate | inland flooding | 292 |
| Bensalem | Low | inland flooding | 265 |
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Most disasters here begin in August–September
The month each of Bucks County’s 21 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Croydon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Croydon.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Croydon, expected losses total about $4.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Croydon.
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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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.