Natural hazards · Warminster

Warminster, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warminster comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 61 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Warminster?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Warminster to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding53%Earthquakes13%Tornadoes8%Cold waves7%Heat waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Warminster faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Warminster flood?

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

61paid claims since 1978

$1.0Mpaid to owners

9homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 12 claims, $256K
Hurricane Irene: 11 claims, $252K
Tropical Storm Allison: 7 claims, $159K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Warminster 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 Warminster

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WarminsterDeclared for Bucks County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

153 households applied for aid $325K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

21 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

103 households applied for aid $228K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

3 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

Bucks County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Warminster

Warminster and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Upper Morelandmostly inland floodingVery low

Warringtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Upper Southamptonmostly inland floodingVery low

Warminstermostly inland floodingVery low

Ivylandmostly 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. Warminster covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Warminster’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Warminster. 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 Warminster total about $6.9M 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.