Natural hazards · Riegelsville

Riegelsville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Riegelsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 111 claims here since 1996. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Riegelsville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Riegelsville to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Riegelsville faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Riegelsville flood?

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

111paid claims since 1996

$2.3Mpaid to owners

40homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Torrential rain: 8 claims, $257K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 7 claims, $73K

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. Riegelsville 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 Riegelsville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RiegelsvilleDeclared for Bucks County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

10 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

28 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

64 households applied for aid $131K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

16 households applied for aid $48K aid approved

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

Around Riegelsville

Riegelsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Riegelsvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Durhammostly inland floodingHigh

Pohatcongmostly inland floodingHigh

Hollandmostly inland floodingHigh

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