Natural hazards · Salford

Salford, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Salford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 Salford?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Salford to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves14%Heat waves8%Tornadoes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Salford faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Salford flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

Disasters that hit Salford

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SalfordDeclared for Montgomery County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

3 households applied for aid $38K aid approved

Montgomery County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Salford

Salford and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Marlboroughmostly inland floodingModerate

Upper Salfordmostly inland floodingLow

West Rockhillmostly inland floodingVery low

Salfordmostly inland floodingVery low

Franconiamostly 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. Salford covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Salford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Salford. 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 Salford total about $759K 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.