Natural hazards · Blain

Blain, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blain comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1996. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blain?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blain to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Hurricanes8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Blain faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Blain flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Blain, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 1996

$24Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Perry County.

Disasters that hit Blain

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlainDeclared for Perry County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

17 households applied for aid $67K aid approved

Perry County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

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