Natural hazards · Felton

Felton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Felton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 25 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Felton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Felton to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Hurricanes13%Drought7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Felton faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 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 Felton flood?

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

25paid claims since 1979

$162Kpaid to owners

6homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 9 claims, $73K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $1K

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

Insurance rates: York County.

Disasters that hit Felton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FeltonDeclared for York County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

10 households applied for aid

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

53 households applied for aid $82K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

York County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Felton

Felton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Feltonmostly inland floodingModerate

North Hopewellmostly inland floodingModerate

Chancefordmostly inland floodingLow

Windsormostly inland floodingLow

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. Felton is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Felton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Felton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.