Natural hazards · Dimock

Dimock, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dimock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 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 Dimock?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dimock to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Hurricanes8%Tornadoes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Dimock faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 27 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Dimock flood?

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

4paid claims since 2004

$120Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20042026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $8K
Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $62K

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

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

Insurance rates: Susquehanna County.

Disasters that hit Dimock

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DimockDeclared for Susquehanna County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

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

Around Dimock

Dimock and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Dimockmostly inland floodingLow

Springvillemostly inland floodingLow

Brooklynmostly inland floodingLow

Bridgewatermostly 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. Dimock covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dimock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Dimock. 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 Dimock total about $1.9M 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.