Natural hazards · New Morgan

New Morgan, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Morgan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Morgan?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding58%Hurricanes13%Tornadoes6%Cold waves6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What New Morgan faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 New Morgan flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in New Morgan.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. New Morgan 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 New Morgan

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into New MorganDeclared for Berks County only

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

Around New Morgan

New Morgan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Robesonmostly inland floodingLow

New Morganmostly inland floodingLow

Caernarvonmostly 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. New Morgan covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Morgan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of New Morgan. 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 New Morgan total about $1.6M 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.