Natural hazards · Clarksville

Clarksville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clarksville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2004. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clarksville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clarksville to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Clarksville faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Clarksville flood?

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

2paid claims since 2004

$15Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 2 claims, $15K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

Disasters that hit Clarksville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClarksvilleDeclared for Greene County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

16 households applied for aid $47K aid approved

Greene County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Clarksville

Clarksville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

East Bethlehemmostly inland floodingVery high

Clarksvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Morganmostly inland floodingHigh

Jeffersonmostly 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. Clarksville 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 Clarksville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Clarksville. 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.