Natural hazards · Eaton

Eaton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eaton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 156 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eaton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eaton to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding90%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Eaton faces

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

Inland flooding

90% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year 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 Eaton flood?

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

156paid claims since 1978

$4.5Mpaid to owners

31homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 53 claims, $3.2M
Tropical Storm Ivan: 23 claims, $395K
March 2010 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $6K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wyoming County.

Disasters that hit Eaton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into EatonDeclared for Wyoming County only

Wyoming County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Eaton

Eaton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Monroemostly inland floodingVery high

Northmorelandmostly inland floodingVery high

Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh

Washingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Eatonmostly inland floodingHigh

Tunkhannockmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Eaton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eaton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Eaton. 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 Eaton 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.