Natural hazards · Deemston

Deemston, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Deemston 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 Deemston?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Deemston to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding93%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Deemston faces

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

Inland flooding

93% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Deemston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Deemston

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into DeemstonDeclared for Washington County only

Washington County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Deemston

Deemston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

East Bethlehemmostly inland floodingVery high

Centervillemostly inland floodingHigh

Deemstonmostly inland floodingHigh

West Bethlehemmostly inland floodingHigh

Morganmostly inland floodingHigh

Beallsvillemostly inland floodingLow

North Bethlehemmostly inland floodingLow

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