Natural hazards · Dublin

Dublin, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dublin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dublin?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dublin to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Earthquakes9%Cold waves8%Tornadoes8%Heat waves5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Dublin faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Dublin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Dublin 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 Dublin

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DublinDeclared for Bucks County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

12 households applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

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

Around Dublin

Dublin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bedminstermostly inland floodingLow

Dublinmostly inland floodingVery low

Hilltownmostly 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. Dublin covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dublin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Dublin. 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 Dublin total about $377K 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.