Natural hazards · West Manheim

West Manheim, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Manheim comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Manheim?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Manheim to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes15%Heat waves5%Everything else18%

By hazard

What West Manheim faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 West Manheim flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: York County.

Disasters that hit West Manheim

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West ManheimDeclared for York County only

York County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around West Manheim

West Manheim and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Unionmostly inland floodingLow

West Manheimmostly inland floodingLow

Manheimmostly inland floodingLow

Pennmostly 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. West Manheim covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to West Manheim’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of West Manheim. 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 West Manheim total about $1.7M 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.