Natural hazards · Stockertown

Stockertown, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stockertown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2005. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stockertown?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stockertown to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Stockertown faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Stockertown flood?

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

4paid claims since 2005

$274Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20052026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Northampton County.

Disasters that hit Stockertown

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StockertownDeclared for Northampton County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Northampton County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Stockertown

Stockertown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Stockertownmostly inland floodingHigh

Tatamymostly inland floodingHigh

Forksmostly inland floodingModerate

Palmermostly inland floodingModerate

Upper Nazarethmostly inland floodingModerate

Plainfieldmostly 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. Stockertown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Stockertown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Stockertown. 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 Stockertown total about $948K 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.