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Natural hazards · Solebury

Solebury, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Solebury comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 199 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Solebury?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Solebury to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Solebury faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Solebury flood?

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

199paid claims since 1978
$8.5Mpaid to owners
42homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 31 claims, $1.7M
  • Hurricane Ida: 20 claims, $833K
  • Tropical Storm Lee: 19 claims, $844K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (13) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SoleburyDeclared for Bucks County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved
2011

Tropical Storm Lee

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2011

Hurricane Irene

2 households applied for aid
2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved
Bucks County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
Around Solebury

Solebury and the towns around it

Delaware: High, mostly inland floodingBuckingham: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Hope: High, mostly inland floodingPlumstead: Low, mostly inland floodingStockton: High, mostly inland floodingWest Amwell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHopewell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLambertville: Very high, mostly inland floodingUpper Makefield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRaritan: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Amwell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKingwood: High, mostly inland floodingFranklin: Low, mostly inland floodingWarwick: Very low, mostly inland floodingDoylestown: Low, mostly inland floodingWrightstown: Very low, mostly inland floodingDoylestown: Very low, mostly inland floodingTinicum: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBedminster: Low, mostly inland floodingEwing: High, mostly inland floodingMontgomery: High, mostly inland floodingLawrence: High, mostly inland floodingPrinceton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLower Makefield: Low, mostly inland floodingNewtown: Very low, mostly inland floodingSolebury: Moderate, mostly inland flooding SoleburyDelawareBuckinghamNew HopePlumsteadStocktonWest AmwellHopewellLambertvilleUpper Makefield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lambertvillemostly inland floodingVery high
New Hopemostly inland floodingHigh
Delawaremostly inland floodingHigh
Stocktonmostly inland floodingHigh
Hopewellmostly inland floodingModerate
Soleburymostly inland floodingModerate
West Amwellmostly inland floodingModerate
Upper Makefieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Plumsteadmostly inland floodingLow
Buckinghammostly inland floodingLow
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. Solebury covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Solebury’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Solebury. 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 Solebury total about $5.7M 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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