Natural hazards · Cherry

Cherry, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cherry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cherry?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cherry to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Cherry faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sullivan County.

Disasters that hit Cherry

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into CherryDeclared for Sullivan County only

Sullivan County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Cherry

Cherry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Albanymostly inland floodingVery high

Forksmostly inland floodingVery high

Cherrymostly inland floodingHigh

Colleymostly inland floodingModerate

Laportemostly inland floodingModerate

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 covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cherry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Cherry. 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 total about $1.0M 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.