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Tilden, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tilden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1983.

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

How exposed is Tilden?

20
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tilden to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Hurricanes12%Cold waves7%Tornadoes6%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Tilden faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 53 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Tilden flood?

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

6paid claims since 1983
$61Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $4K
  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $4K
  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $7K

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. Tilden 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 Tilden

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Berks County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Tilden itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into TildenDeclared for Berks County only
Berks County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Tilden

Tilden and the towns around it

Hamburg: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Brunswick: Low, mostly inland floodingPort Clinton: Low, mostly inland floodingWindsor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPerry: Low, mostly inland floodingSouth Manheim: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUpper Bern: Low, mostly inland floodingCentre: Low, mostly inland floodingOrwigsburg: Very low, mostly inland floodingAuburn: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLandingville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Brunswick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Manheim: Low, mostly inland floodingGreenwich: Low, mostly inland floodingRichmond: Low, mostly inland floodingShoemakersville: Low, mostly inland floodingOntelaunee: Low, mostly inland floodingMaidencreek: Low, mostly inland floodingUpper Tulpehocken: Very low, mostly inland floodingSchuylkill Haven: High, mostly inland floodingPenn: Low, mostly inland floodingLeesport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBern: Very low, mostly inland floodingTilden: Low, mostly inland flooding TildenHamburgWest BrunswickPort ClintonWindsorPerrySouth ManheimUpper BernCentre
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
South Manheimmostly inland floodingModerate
Windsormostly inland floodingModerate
West Brunswickmostly inland floodingLow
Port Clintonmostly inland floodingLow
Centremostly inland floodingLow
Perrymostly inland floodingLow
Hamburgmostly inland floodingLow
Tildenmostly inland floodingLow
Upper Bernmostly 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. Tilden covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tilden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Tilden. 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 Tilden total about $1.6M 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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