Natural hazards · Weisenberg

Weisenberg, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weisenberg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2020.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weisenberg?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weisenberg to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding49%Cold waves21%Hurricanes9%Heat waves5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Weisenberg faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Weisenberg flood?

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

1paid claims since 2020

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20202026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isaias: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lehigh County.

Disasters that hit Weisenberg

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeisenbergDeclared for Lehigh County only

Lehigh County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Weisenberg

Weisenberg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lowhillmostly inland floodingModerate

Lynnmostly inland floodingLow

Maxatawnymostly inland floodingVery low

Weisenbergmostly 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. Weisenberg covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Weisenberg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Weisenberg. 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 Weisenberg total about $1.9M 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.