Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0For coastal flooding, Tullytown’s building-damage rate is in the top 2% of U.S. census tracts
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Tullytown gets a C+ for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 60% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (76%). Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1983.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Tullytown 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
Coastal flooding
Earthquakes
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.
What’s behind Tullytown’s grade
River and rain flooding is 76% of the building damage FEMA expects in Tullytown, and Tullytown’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 70% of U.S. census tracts. Coastal flooding adds 8%, at a rate in the top 2% of U.S. census tracts.
C+ higher expected damage per building than 60% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Tullytown’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $1.1M a year in losses across Tullytown: $918K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Tullytown flood? Rarely: 2 flood claims since 1983
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Tullytown, from FEMA’s records: 2.1 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 60% of the 13,809 U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
- Hurricane Irene1 claim · $6K
Tullytown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Bucks County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Tullytown
Disasters that paid out in Tullytown itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Borough of Tullytown), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2011Hurricane Irene2 households applied for aid$2K aid approved1 flood claim paid for it, $6K
Bucks County has had 21 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often floods, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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Tullytown is 3rd of the 4 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Township | B+less damage than 74% | river and rain flooding | 117 |
| Bristol Township | B−less damage than 52% | river and rain flooding | 292 |
| Tullytown | C+more damage than 60% | river and rain flooding | 2 |
| Florence Township | Dmore damage than 86% | river and rain flooding | 3 |
| Levittown | — | a Census area inside a town; graded with the town | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Tullytown faces
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.
- Know your evacuation zone and the way off the coast.
- Storm surge comes fast: leave when you’re told, not when the water arrives.
- Move cars to high ground before king tides and nor’easters.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- 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 Tullytown
Is Tullytown at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Tullytown has higher expected damage per building than 60% of U.S. towns: C+ for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (76%) and coastal flooding (8%). The figures are for the one census tract the town shares with its neighbors. This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Does Tullytown flood?
Flood insurance has paid 2 claims in Tullytown since 1983, $7K in all, or 2.1 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 60% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record. The most claims came from Hurricane Irene (1).
Is Tullytown 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 Bucks County, 49% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Tullytown?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Tullytown’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 Tullytown?
By FEMA money that reached Tullytown, Hurricane Irene (2011): 2 households applied for aid, $2K approved. By flood claims, Hurricane Irene: 1 paid, $6K.
Is Tullytown at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (76%), and Tullytown’s rate for it is higher than 70% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Tullytown.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Tullytown’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.