Natural hazards · Tulpehocken

Tulpehocken, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tulpehocken comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tulpehocken?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tulpehocken to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding58%Hurricanes15%Cold waves6%Tornadoes5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Tulpehocken faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Tulpehocken flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Tulpehocken 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 Tulpehocken

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TulpehockenDeclared for Berks County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Tulpehocken

Tulpehocken and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Marionmostly inland floodingModerate

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingModerate

Tulpehockenmostly inland floodingLow

Jacksonmostly inland floodingLow

Bethelmostly inland floodingVery low

Upper Tulpehockenmostly 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. Tulpehocken covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tulpehocken’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Tulpehocken. 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 Tulpehocken total about $524K 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.