Natural hazards · Driftwood

Driftwood, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Driftwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1982. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Driftwood?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Driftwood to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding93%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Driftwood 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 · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

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 Driftwood flood?

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

3paid claims since 1982

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cameron County.

Disasters that hit Driftwood

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DriftwoodDeclared for Cameron County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

31 households applied for aid $139K aid approved

Cameron County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Driftwood 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 Driftwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Driftwood. 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.