Natural hazards · Rockland

Rockland, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rockland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rockland?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockland to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Hurricanes11%Cold waves9%Tornadoes7%Heat waves5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Rockland faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Rockland flood?

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

7paid claims since 1978

$41Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isaias: 1 claim, $6K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Rockland 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 Rockland

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RocklandDeclared for Berks County only

Berks County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Rockland

Rockland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Oleymostly inland floodingLow

Longswampmostly inland floodingLow

Richmondmostly inland floodingLow

Pikemostly inland floodingVery low

Districtmostly inland floodingVery low

Maxatawnymostly inland floodingVery low

Rocklandmostly 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. Rockland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rockland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Rockland. 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 Rockland total about $826K 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.