Photo: Nicholas from Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0Storms, floods and disasters in Lenhartsville
Lenhartsville isn’t graded for hazard risk: Lenhartsville has 197 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1979.
What Lenhartsville faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Hurricanes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Lenhartsville flood? Rarely: 9 flood claims since 1979
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Lenhartsville, from FEMA’s records.
- Tropical Storm Lee1 claim · $51K
Lenhartsville 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.2 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Lenhartsville
Disasters that paid out in Lenhartsville itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Borough of Lenhartsville), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2011Tropical Storm Lee2 households applied for aid$257 aid approved1 flood claim paid for it, $51K
- 2006Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides3 households applied for aid$6K aid approved
Berks County has had 19 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Lenhartsville
Does Lenhartsville flood?
Flood insurance has paid 9 claims in Lenhartsville since 1979, $140K in all. The most claims came from Tropical Storm Lee (1).
Is Lenhartsville in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Berks County, 34% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.5% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Lenhartsville?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Lenhartsville’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Lenhartsville?
By FEMA money that reached Lenhartsville, Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides (2006): 3 households applied for aid, $6K approved. By flood claims, Tropical Storm Lee: 1 paid, $51K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Lenhartsville.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Lenhartsville’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.