Natural hazards · Drumore

Drumore, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Drumore comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Drumore?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Drumore to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding50%Hurricanes27%Drought6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Drumore faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Drumore flood?

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

12paid claims since 1978

$119Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $11K

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. Drumore isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lancaster County.

Disasters that hit Drumore

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DrumoreDeclared for Lancaster County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

Lancaster County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Drumore

Drumore and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Peach Bottommostly inland floodingModerate

Marticmostly inland floodingModerate

Lower Chancefordmostly inland floodingLow

Providencemostly inland floodingLow

Drumoremostly inland floodingLow

Fultonmostly inland floodingLow

East Drumoremostly 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. Drumore covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Drumore’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Drumore. 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 Drumore total about $2.1M 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.