Natural hazards · Leesport

Leesport, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leesport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Leesport?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leesport to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves6%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Leesport faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Leesport flood?

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

16paid claims since 1978

$263Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 4 claims, $28K
Not a named storm: 2 claims, $5K
Hurricane Isaias: 1 claim, $45K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Leesport 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 Leesport

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeesportDeclared for Berks County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

9 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

8 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

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

Around Leesport

Leesport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Leesportmostly inland floodingModerate

Centremostly inland floodingLow

Ontelauneemostly inland floodingLow

Bernmostly 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. Leesport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Leesport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Leesport. 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 Leesport total about $725K 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.