Natural hazards · Dunmore

Dunmore, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dunmore comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dunmore?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dunmore to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Cold waves14%Hurricanes5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Dunmore faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Dunmore flood?

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

1paid claims since 2018

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lackawanna County.

Disasters that hit Dunmore

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DunmoreDeclared for Lackawanna County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

9 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

Lackawanna County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Dunmore

Dunmore and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Scrantonmostly inland floodingModerate

Throopmostly inland floodingLow

Roaring Brookmostly inland floodingVery low

Dunmoremostly 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. Dunmore covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dunmore’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Dunmore. 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 Dunmore total about $2.7M 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.