Natural hazards · Mohnton

Mohnton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mohnton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mohnton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mohnton to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Hurricanes10%Cold waves10%Tornadoes7%Heat waves5%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Mohnton faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Mohnton flood?

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

11paid claims since 1979

$51Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 3 claims, $22K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $4K

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. Mohnton 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 Mohnton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MohntonDeclared for Berks County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

14 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

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

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. Mohnton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mohnton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Mohnton. 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 Mohnton total about $628K 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.