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North Manheim, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Manheim comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1983.

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

How exposed is North Manheim?

35
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Manheim to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Hurricanes6%Cold waves5%Everything else15%
By hazard

What North Manheim faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

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 North Manheim flood?

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

9paid claims since 1983
$95Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Lee: 4 claims, $27K
  • Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $14K

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. North Manheim isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Schuylkill County.
Disasters that hit North Manheim

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into North ManheimDeclared for Schuylkill County only
Schuylkill County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around North Manheim

North Manheim and the towns around it

Schuylkill Haven: High, mostly inland floodingPottsville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCressona: Low, mostly inland floodingMount Carbon: Low, mostly inland floodingOrwigsburg: Very low, mostly inland floodingBranch: Low, mostly inland floodingLandingville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Brunswick: Low, mostly inland floodingNorwegian: Low, mostly inland floodingSouth Manheim: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWayne: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Norwegian: High, mostly inland floodingPalo Alto: High, mostly inland floodingMechanicsville: High, mostly inland floodingCass: Very low, mostly inland floodingReilly: High, mostly inland floodingTilden: Low, mostly inland floodingAuburn: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Brunswick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPort Clinton: Low, mostly inland floodingMinersville: High, mostly inland floodingSt. Clair: Very high, mostly inland floodingNew Castle: Very low, mostly inland floodingUpper Tulpehocken: Very low, mostly inland floodingUpper Bern: Low, mostly inland floodingBethel: Very low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPort Carbon: High, mostly inland floodingBlythe: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Manheim: Low, mostly inland flooding North ManheimSchuylkill HavenPottsvilleCressonaMount CarbonOrwigsburgBranchLandingvilleWest BrunswickNorwegianSouth ManheimWayneEast Norwegian
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Schuylkill Havenmostly inland floodingHigh
East Norwegianmostly inland floodingHigh
Pottsvillemostly inland floodingModerate
Landingvillemostly inland floodingModerate
South Manheimmostly inland floodingModerate
West Brunswickmostly inland floodingLow
North Manheimmostly inland floodingLow
Cressonamostly inland floodingLow
Mount Carbonmostly inland floodingLow
Branchmostly inland floodingLow
Norwegianmostly inland floodingLow
Waynemostly inland floodingLow
Orwigsburgmostly inland floodingVery low
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. North Manheim covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to North Manheim’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of North Manheim. 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 North Manheim total about $2.2M 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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