Natural hazards · Clarks Green

Clarks Green, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clarks Green comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clarks Green?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clarks Green to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Cold waves12%Hurricanes5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Clarks Green faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Clarks Green flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lackawanna County.

Disasters that hit Clarks Green

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Clarks GreenDeclared for Lackawanna County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

Lackawanna County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Clarks Green

Clarks Green and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

South Abingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Waverlymostly inland floodingVery low

Clarks Greenmostly inland floodingVery low

Clarks Summitmostly 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. Clarks Green 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 Clarks Green’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Clarks Green. 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.