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Natural hazards · Moore

Moore, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moore comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1987.

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

How exposed is Moore?

21
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moore to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Heat waves8%Cold waves8%Hurricanes7%Tornadoes6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Moore faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Moore flood?

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

13paid claims since 1987
$221Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19872026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Isaias: 4 claims, $136K
  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 3 claims, $43K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Moore isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Northampton County.
Disasters that hit Moore

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MooreDeclared for Northampton County only
Northampton County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Moore

Moore and the towns around it

Bushkill: Low, mostly inland floodingEldred: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Allen: Low, mostly inland floodingUpper Nazareth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLehigh: Low, mostly inland floodingLower Towamensing: High, mostly inland floodingAllen: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRoss: Low, mostly inland floodingPlainfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingPolk: Very low, mostly inland floodingTowamensing: Low, mostly inland floodingBath: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHanover: Very low, mostly inland floodingNazareth: Very low, mostly inland floodingLower Nazareth: Low, mostly inland floodingPalmer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStockertown: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Whitehall: Very low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Low, mostly inland floodingWalnutport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSlatington: High, mostly inland floodingEast Penn: Low, mostly inland floodingPalmerton: Very high, mostly inland floodingBowmanstown: High, mostly inland floodingMahoning: Low, mostly inland floodingParryville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorthampton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Catasauqua: High, mostly inland floodingMoore: Low, mostly inland flooding MooreBushkillEldredEast AllenUpper NazarethLehighLower TowamensingAllen
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lower Towamensingmostly inland floodingHigh
Eldredmostly inland floodingModerate
Allenmostly inland floodingModerate
Upper Nazarethmostly inland floodingModerate
East Allenmostly inland floodingLow
Lehighmostly inland floodingLow
Bushkillmostly inland floodingLow
Mooremostly inland floodingLow
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. Moore covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Moore’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Moore. 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 Moore total about $2.0M 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.

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