Natural hazards · Castanea

Castanea, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Castanea comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Castanea?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Castanea to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Strong wind12%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Castanea faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Castanea flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clinton County.

Disasters that hit Castanea

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CastaneaDeclared for Clinton County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

Clinton County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Castanea

Castanea and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bald Eaglemostly inland floodingHigh

Lamarmostly inland floodingHigh

Woodwardmostly inland floodingHigh

Dunnstablemostly inland floodingHigh

Castaneamostly inland floodingModerate

Flemingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Waynemostly inland floodingModerate

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