Natural hazards · Folcroft

Folcroft, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Folcroft comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1989. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Folcroft?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Folcroft to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding50%Earthquakes15%Heat waves10%Tornadoes7%Cold waves7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Folcroft 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

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Folcroft flood?

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

2paid claims since 1989

$9Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19892026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isaias: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Folcroft isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Delaware County.

Disasters that hit Folcroft

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FolcroftDeclared for Delaware County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

187 households applied for aid $272K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

8 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

83 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Delaware County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Folcroft

Folcroft and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tinicummostly inland floodingModerate

Philadelphiamostly inland floodingModerate

Norwoodmostly inland floodingLow

Folcroftmostly inland floodingVery low

Sharon Hillmostly inland floodingVery low

Glenoldenmostly inland floodingVery low

Darbymostly 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. Folcroft covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Folcroft’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Folcroft. 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 Folcroft total about $1.5M 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.