Natural hazards · Guilford

Guilford, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Guilford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Guilford?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Guilford to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Hurricanes12%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Guilford 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

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Guilford flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979

$17Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $207

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Guilford

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GuilfordDeclared for Franklin County only

Franklin County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Guilford

Guilford and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Quincymostly inland floodingLow

Hamiltonbanmostly inland floodingLow

Greenemostly inland floodingLow

Chambersburgmostly inland floodingLow

Hamiltonmostly inland floodingLow

Antrimmostly inland floodingLow

Guilfordmostly 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. Guilford covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Guilford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Guilford. 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 Guilford total about $3.5M 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.