Natural hazards · Penndel

Penndel, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Penndel comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Penndel?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Penndel to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Earthquakes15%Cold waves8%Heat waves7%Tornadoes6%Hurricanes6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Penndel faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Penndel flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Penndel 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 Penndel

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PenndelDeclared for Bucks County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

19 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

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

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. Penndel covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Penndel’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Penndel. 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 Penndel total about $467K 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.