Natural hazards · Blakely

Blakely, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blakely comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blakely?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blakely to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Cold waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Blakely faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Blakely flood?

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

11paid claims since 1979

$52Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Gloria: 3 claims, $7K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $10K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lackawanna County.

Disasters that hit Blakely

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlakelyDeclared for Lackawanna County only

Lackawanna County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Blakely

Blakely and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Blakelymostly inland floodingHigh

Olyphantmostly inland floodingHigh

Jessupmostly inland floodingModerate

Dickson Citymostly inland floodingModerate

Archbaldmostly inland floodingModerate

Scottmostly inland floodingLow

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. Blakely covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Blakely’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Blakely. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Blakely total about $2.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.