Natural hazards · Shillington

Shillington, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shillington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1982. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shillington?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shillington to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Hurricanes9%Cold waves9%Earthquakes7%Tornadoes6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Shillington faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 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

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Shillington flood?

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

4paid claims since 1982

$39Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $7K
Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $29K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Shillington 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 Shillington

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShillingtonDeclared for Berks County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid $549 aid approved

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

Around Shillington

Shillington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Shillingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Wyomissingmostly 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. Shillington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Shillington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Shillington. 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 Shillington total about $1.3M 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.