Natural hazards · Hilltown

Hilltown, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hilltown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1983. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hilltown?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hilltown to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes7%Cold waves6%Earthquakes5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Hilltown faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Hilltown flood?

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

7paid claims since 1983

$29Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 2 claims, $20K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bucks County.

Disasters that hit Hilltown

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HilltownDeclared for Bucks County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

2 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $830 aid approved

Bucks County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Hilltown

Hilltown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Perkasiemostly inland floodingModerate

East Rockhillmostly inland floodingLow

Bedminstermostly inland floodingLow

Dublinmostly inland floodingVery low

Hatfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

New Britainmostly inland floodingVery low

West Rockhillmostly inland floodingVery low

Hilltownmostly inland floodingVery low

Telfordmostly 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. Hilltown covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hilltown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Hilltown. 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 Hilltown total about $4.3M 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.