Natural hazards · New Salem

New Salem, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Salem 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 Salem?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Salem to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding59%Hurricanes16%Heat waves6%Everything else20%

By hazard

What New Salem faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Salem flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. New Salem isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: York County.

Disasters that hit New Salem

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into New SalemDeclared for York County only

York County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around New Salem

New Salem and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

West Manchestermostly inland floodingLow

North Codorusmostly inland floodingLow

New Salemmostly 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 Salem 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 Salem’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of New Salem. 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.