Natural hazards · Glendon

Glendon, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glendon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glendon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glendon to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Hurricanes6%Heat waves5%Cold waves5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Glendon faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Glendon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Northampton County.

Disasters that hit Glendon

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlendonDeclared for Northampton County only

2011

Hurricane Irene

4 households applied for aid $38K aid approved

Northampton County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Glendon

Glendon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Eastonmostly inland floodingHigh

Glendonmostly inland floodingModerate

Williamsmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Glendon 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 Glendon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Glendon. 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.