Natural hazards · Cascade

Cascade, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cascade comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1996. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cascade?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cascade to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Cascade faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Cascade flood?

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

1paid claims since 1996

$25Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lycoming County.

Disasters that hit Cascade

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CascadeDeclared for Lycoming County only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$134K to the Township of Cascade for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

$19K to the Township of Cascade for repairs

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

$4K to the Township of Cascade for repairs

Lycoming County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Cascade

Cascade and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lewismostly inland floodingVery high

Cascademostly inland floodingHigh

Gamblemostly inland floodingHigh

Plunketts Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

McIntyremostly inland floodingHigh

McNettmostly inland floodingHigh

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