Natural hazards · Perkasie

Perkasie, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Perkasie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 44 claims here since 1984. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Perkasie?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Perkasie to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Cold waves5%Tornadoes5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Perkasie 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 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Perkasie flood?

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

44paid claims since 1984

$3.6Mpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19842026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 16 claims, $1.5M
Hurricane Isaias: 5 claims, $700K
Hurricane Irene: 4 claims, $131K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (5) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Perkasie 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 Perkasie

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PerkasieDeclared for Bucks County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

176 households applied for aid $297K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

14 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

12 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $7K aid approved

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

Around Perkasie

Perkasie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sellersvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Perkasiemostly inland floodingModerate

East Rockhillmostly inland floodingLow

Hilltownmostly 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. Perkasie covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Perkasie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Perkasie. 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 Perkasie total about $2.5M 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.