Natural hazards · Wrightsville

Wrightsville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wrightsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 59 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wrightsville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wrightsville to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Hurricanes10%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Wrightsville faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Wrightsville flood?

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

59paid claims since 1978

$640Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 6 claims, $15K
Tropical Storm Lee: 5 claims, $76K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $3K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Wrightsville 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 Wrightsville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WrightsvilleDeclared for York County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

16 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

73 households applied for aid $134K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

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

Around Wrightsville

Wrightsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wrightsvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Hellammostly inland floodingModerate

West Hempfieldmostly inland floodingLow

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. Wrightsville is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wrightsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Wrightsville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.