Natural hazards · Delano

Delano, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delano comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Delano?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Delano to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves10%Hurricanes9%Tornadoes7%Strong wind6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Delano faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 51 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

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 Delano flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Schuylkill County.

Disasters that hit Delano

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DelanoDeclared for Schuylkill County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $313 aid approved

Schuylkill County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Delano

Delano and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mahanoymostly inland floodingVery low

Ryanmostly inland floodingVery low

Delanomostly inland floodingVery low

Klinemostly inland floodingVery low

Rushmostly 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. Delano 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 Delano’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Delano. 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.