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Natural hazards · Robeson

Robeson, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Robeson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 39 claims here since 1979.

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

How exposed is Robeson?

26
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Robeson to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Hurricanes11%Cold waves7%Tornadoes6%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Robeson faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 89 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Robeson flood?

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

39paid claims since 1979
$755Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Lee: 5 claims, $152K
  • Hurricane Ida: 4 claims, $112K
  • Not a named storm: 3 claims, $3K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Robeson isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Berks County.
Disasters that hit Robeson

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Berks County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Robeson itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into RobesonDeclared for Berks County only
Berks County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Robeson

Robeson and the towns around it

New Morgan: Low, mostly inland floodingExeter: Low, mostly inland floodingBirdsboro: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCumru: Very low, mostly inland floodingCaernarvon: Low, mostly inland floodingUnion: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrecknock: Low, mostly inland floodingOley: Low, mostly inland floodingAmity: Low, mostly inland floodingSt. Lawrence: Low, mostly inland floodingLower Alsace: Low, mostly inland floodingAlsace: Very low, mostly inland floodingMount Penn: Very low, mostly inland floodingReading: Low, mostly inland floodingShillington: Low, mostly inland floodingKenhorst: Low, mostly inland floodingSpring: Very low, mostly inland floodingWyomissing: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Reading: Low, mostly inland floodingCaernarvon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHoney Brook: Very low, mostly inland floodingWest Nantmeal: Very low, mostly inland floodingDouglass: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Coventry: Low, mostly inland floodingBrecknock: High, mostly inland floodingRobeson: Low, mostly inland flooding RobesonNew MorganExeterBirdsboroCumruCaernarvonUnionBrecknock
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Birdsboromostly inland floodingModerate
Unionmostly inland floodingModerate
Robesonmostly inland floodingLow
Exetermostly inland floodingLow
New Morganmostly inland floodingLow
Caernarvonmostly inland floodingLow
Brecknockmostly inland floodingLow
Cumrumostly 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. Robeson covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Robeson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Robeson. 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 Robeson total about $2.2M 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.

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