Natural hazards · Red Lion

Red Lion, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Red Lion comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Red Lion?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Red Lion to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding49%Hurricanes20%Earthquakes9%Heat waves6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Red Lion faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

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 wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Red Lion flood?

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

1paid claims since 2011

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $8K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Red Lion 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 Red Lion

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Red LionDeclared for York County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

78 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

147 households applied for aid $188K aid approved

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

Around Red Lion

Red Lion and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Windsormostly inland floodingLow

Yorkmostly inland floodingLow

Red Lionmostly 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. Red Lion covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Red Lion’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Red Lion. 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 Red Lion total about $963K 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.