Natural hazards · Greenwich

Greenwich, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenwich comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 24 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenwich?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding61%Hurricanes11%Drought7%Cold waves5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Greenwich faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Greenwich flood?

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

24paid claims since 1979

$264Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 2 claims, $6K
Hurricane Isaias: 2 claims, $66K
Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $20K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Berks County.

Disasters that hit Greenwich

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Berks County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Greenwich itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into GreenwichDeclared for Berks County only

Berks County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Greenwich

Greenwich and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Windsormostly inland floodingModerate

Albanymostly inland floodingModerate

Greenwichmostly inland floodingLow

Perrymostly inland floodingLow

Richmondmostly 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. Greenwich covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greenwich’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Greenwich. 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 Greenwich total about $1.4M 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.