Natural hazards · Wyomissing

Wyomissing, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wyomissing comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1982. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wyomissing?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wyomissing to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Hurricanes11%Earthquakes9%Tornadoes6%Cold waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Wyomissing faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Wyomissing flood?

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

17paid claims since 1982

$112Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isabel: 2 claims, $58K

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. Wyomissing isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Berks County.

Disasters that hit Wyomissing

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WyomissingDeclared for Berks County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Berks County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Wyomissing

Wyomissing and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Readingmostly inland floodingLow

Shillingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Wyomissingmostly inland floodingLow

West Readingmostly inland floodingLow

Springmostly inland floodingVery low

Bernmostly inland floodingVery low

Cumrumostly 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. Wyomissing covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wyomissing’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Wyomissing. 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 Wyomissing total about $4.3M 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.