Natural hazards · Limerick

Limerick, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Limerick comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2006. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Limerick?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Limerick to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Cold waves11%Tornadoes7%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Limerick faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Limerick flood?

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

5paid claims since 2006

$66Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20062026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 3 claims, $19K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

Disasters that hit Limerick

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LimerickDeclared for Montgomery County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

6 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Montgomery County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Limerick

Limerick and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Royersfordmostly inland floodingHigh

New Hanovermostly inland floodingModerate

Lower Pottsgrovemostly inland floodingLow

East Coventrymostly inland floodingLow

Upper Providencemostly inland floodingLow

Perkiomenmostly inland floodingLow

East Vincentmostly inland floodingLow

Limerickmostly 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. Limerick covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Limerick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Limerick. 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 Limerick total about $6.5M 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.