Natural hazards · Altamont

Altamont, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Altamont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Altamont?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Altamont to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves6%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Altamont faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Altamont flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Schuylkill County.

Disasters that hit Altamont

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Schuylkill County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Altamont itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into AltamontDeclared for Schuylkill County only

Schuylkill County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Altamont

Altamont and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Altamontmostly inland floodingModerate

West Mahanoymostly inland floodingModerate

Frackvillemostly inland floodingVery low

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