Natural hazards · Bloomfield

Bloomfield, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bloomfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bloomfield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bloomfield to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Hurricanes8%Heat waves7%Strong wind7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Bloomfield faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

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 Bloomfield flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BloomfieldDeclared for Perry County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $1K 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. Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Bloomfield. 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.