Natural hazards · Longswamp

Longswamp, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Longswamp comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Longswamp?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Longswamp to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Hurricanes9%Cold waves8%Drought7%Tornadoes6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Longswamp faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 90 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Longswamp flood?

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

1paid claims since 2011

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Longswamp 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 Longswamp

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LongswampDeclared for Berks County only

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

Around Longswamp

Longswamp and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Herefordmostly inland floodingModerate

Longswampmostly inland floodingLow

Districtmostly inland floodingVery low

Upper Macungiemostly inland floodingVery low

Maxatawnymostly inland floodingVery low

Rocklandmostly inland floodingVery low

Toptonmostly 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. Longswamp covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Longswamp’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Longswamp. 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 Longswamp total about $1.1M 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.