Natural hazards · New Berlin

New Berlin, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Berlin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1984. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Berlin?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Berlin to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Strong wind9%Hurricanes7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What New Berlin faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 New Berlin flood?

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

7paid claims since 1984

$77Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19842026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $25K

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. New Berlin isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Union County.

Disasters that hit New Berlin

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New BerlinDeclared for Union County only

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

10 households applied for aid $63K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid $770 aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

3 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

Union County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around New Berlin

New Berlin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Berlinmostly inland floodingHigh

Limestonemostly inland floodingHigh

Jacksonmostly inland floodingModerate

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. New Berlin is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Berlin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of New Berlin. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.