Natural hazards · Sharon Hill

Sharon Hill, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sharon Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2020. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sharon Hill?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sharon Hill to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Earthquakes15%Heat waves10%Tornadoes7%Cold waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Sharon Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

WildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sharon Hill flood?

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

1paid claims since 2020

$17Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20202026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isaias: 1 claim, $17K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Delaware County.

Disasters that hit Sharon Hill

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Sharon HillDeclared for Delaware County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

376 households applied for aid $548K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

44 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

339 households applied for aid $252K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

15 households applied for aid $32K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

Delaware County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Sharon Hill

Sharon Hill and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Colwynmostly inland floodingModerate

Sharon Hillmostly inland floodingVery low

Folcroftmostly inland floodingVery low

Darbymostly inland floodingVery low

Collingdalemostly 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. Sharon Hill covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sharon Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Sharon Hill. 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 Sharon Hill total about $1.4M 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.