Natural hazards · Telford

Telford, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Telford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Telford?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Telford to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves17%Heat waves10%Tornadoes9%Earthquakes5%Strong wind5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Telford faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Telford flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Telford 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 Telford

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TelfordDeclared for Montgomery County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

53 households applied for aid $104K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

8 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

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

Around Telford

Telford and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

West Rockhillmostly inland floodingVery low

Franconiamostly inland floodingVery low

Hilltownmostly inland floodingVery low

Soudertonmostly inland floodingVery low

Telfordmostly 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. Telford covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Telford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Telford. 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 Telford total about $768K 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.