Natural hazards · Danville

Danville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Danville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 71 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Danville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Danville to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Danville faces

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

Inland flooding

83% 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 Danville flood?

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

71paid claims since 1979

$2.2Mpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 29 claims, $2.0M
Tropical Storm Ivan: 4 claims, $35K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Danville is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Montour County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Danville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DanvilleDeclared for Montour County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

194 households applied for aid $510K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

74 households applied for aid $111K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

27 households applied for aid $79K aid approved

Montour County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Danville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Danville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Danville. 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 Danville total about $1.7M 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.