TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
WilsonGood night
Natural hazards · Wilson

Wilson, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wilson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2011.

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

How exposed is Wilson?

51
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wilson to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Earthquakes7%Heat waves6%Cold waves6%Hurricanes6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Wilson faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Wilson flood?

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

2paid claims since 2011
$184Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $22K
  • Hurricane Isaias: 1 claim, $162K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Wilson isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Northampton County.
Disasters that hit Wilson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WilsonDeclared for Northampton County only
Northampton County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Wilson

Wilson and the towns around it

Palmer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Easton: High, mostly inland floodingEaston: High, mostly inland floodingForks: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStockertown: High, mostly inland floodingTatamy: High, mostly inland floodingLower Nazareth: Low, mostly inland floodingBethlehem: Low, mostly inland floodingUpper Nazareth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWilliams: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGlendon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPhillipsburg: Very high, mostly inland floodingLower Saucon: Low, mostly inland floodingLopatcong: High, mostly inland floodingWilson: Moderate, mostly inland flooding WilsonPalmerWest EastonEaston
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
West Eastonmostly inland floodingHigh
Eastonmostly inland floodingHigh
Wilsonmostly inland floodingModerate
Palmermostly inland floodingModerate
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. Wilson covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wilson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Wilson. 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 Wilson total about $2.5M 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.

We left the porch light on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Wilson, PAView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Wilson is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map