Natural hazards · Scranton

Scranton, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scranton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scranton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes13%Heat waves6%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Scranton faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Scranton flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Scranton.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Scranton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Logan County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Scranton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScrantonDeclared for Logan County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

Logan County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Scranton 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 Scranton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Scranton. 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.