Natural hazards · Morrisville

Morrisville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Morrisville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Morrisville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Morrisville to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Earthquakes5%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Morrisville faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Morrisville flood?

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

10paid claims since 1978

$139Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Torrential rain: 4 claims, $49K
Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $2K
Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $15K

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. Morrisville 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.

Disasters that hit Morrisville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorrisvilleDeclared for Bucks County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

122 households applied for aid $68K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

5 households applied for aid

2011

Hurricane Irene

45 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

23 households applied for aid $72K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

4 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Bucks County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Morrisville

Morrisville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Trentonmostly inland floodingHigh

Morrisvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Lower Makefieldmostly inland floodingLow

Fallsmostly 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. Morrisville covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Morrisville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Morrisville. 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 Morrisville total about $3.5M 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.