Natural hazards · Cherry Ridge

Cherry Ridge, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cherry Ridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2006.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cherry Ridge?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cherry Ridge to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves8%Hurricanes7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Cherry Ridge faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Cherry Ridge flood?

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

1paid claims since 2006

$23Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20062026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Cherry Ridge

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Cherry RidgeDeclared for Wayne County only

Wayne County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Cherry Ridge

Cherry Ridge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cherry Ridgemostly inland floodingModerate

Texasmostly inland floodingModerate

Paupackmostly inland floodingVery low

South Canaanmostly inland floodingVery low

Canaanmostly inland floodingVery low

Lakemostly 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. Cherry Ridge covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cherry Ridge’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Cherry Ridge. 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 Cherry Ridge total about $1.4M 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.