Natural hazards · Hazleton

Hazleton, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hazleton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hazleton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hazleton to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding39%Drought23%Earthquakes18%Strong wind6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Hazleton faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Drought

23% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Hazleton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Gibson County.

Disasters that hit Hazleton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HazletonDeclared for Gibson County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $8K to the Town of Hazleton for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $105K aid approved $129K to the Town of Hazleton for repairs

2004

Snow

$1K to the Town of Hazleton for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Hazleton for repairs

Gibson County has had 19 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. Hazleton 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 Hazleton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hazleton. 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.