Natural hazards · Yardley

Yardley, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Yardley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 704 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Yardley?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Yardley to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding90%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Yardley faces

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

Inland flooding

90% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Yardley flood?

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

704paid claims since 1979

$25.1Mpaid to owners

168homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 87 claims, $4.7M
Tropical Storm Lee: 58 claims, $2.4M
Torrential rain: 43 claims, $1.5M

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 3 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (57) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Yardley is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Bucks County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

57homes raised above flood level

13flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1buildings floodproofed

Disasters that hit Yardley

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into YardleyDeclared for Bucks County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

23 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

52 households applied for aid $100K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

50 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

126 households applied for aid $193K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

212 households applied for aid $534K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

102 households applied for aid $309K aid approved

Bucks County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Yardley

Yardley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Yardleymostly inland floodingVery high

Ewingmostly inland floodingHigh

Lower Makefieldmostly 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. Yardley covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Yardley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Yardley. 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 Yardley total about $2.3M 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.