Natural hazards · Quarryville

Quarryville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Quarryville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Quarryville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Quarryville to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding55%Hurricanes19%Cold waves6%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Quarryville faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Quarryville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lancaster County.

Disasters that hit Quarryville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QuarryvilleDeclared for Lancaster County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

5 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

Lancaster County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Quarryville

Quarryville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Quarryvillemostly inland floodingLow

Edenmostly inland floodingLow

East Drumoremostly 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. Quarryville 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 Quarryville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Quarryville. 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.