Levittown’s biggest natural hazard is inland flooding
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Levittown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 65 claims here since 1978.
What stands out about Levittown’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
The storms Levittown remembers
None of the disasters declared for Bucks County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Levittown itself in FEMA’s records.
- 201111 flood claims paidOne of the three biggest flood years on record
- 199618 flood claims paidThe most in any one year on record
Bucks County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
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FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.
Calmer than 1,436 of the 2,558 Pennsylvania towns we cover.
Levittown covers 11 census tracts, combined by population.
What Levittown faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Earthquakes
Cold waves
Heat waves
Does Levittown flood? Sometimes: 65 flood claims since 1978
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Levittown, from FEMA’s records.
- Tropical Storm Lee8 claims · $221K
- Hurricane Floyd4 claims · $86K
- The Not a named storm4 claims · $14K
Levittown 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.Get ready for what Levittown actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Let faucets drip so pipes don’t freeze.
- Know where your water shutoff is.
- Never heat the house with the oven or a grill.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Levittown and its neighbors
Levittown ranks 3rd calmest of 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Rating | Mostly | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tullytown | Moderate | inland flooding | 2 |
| Bristol | Moderate | inland flooding | 292 |
| Levittown | Low | inland flooding | 65 |
| Falls | Low | inland flooding | 117 |
| Middletown | Low | inland flooding | 273 |
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Most disasters here begin in August–September
The month each of Bucks County’s 21 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Levittown’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Levittown.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Levittown, expected losses total about $10.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Levittown.
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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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.