Natural hazards · Edwardsville

Edwardsville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edwardsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 31 claims here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edwardsville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edwardsville to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Cold waves12%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Edwardsville faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Edwardsville flood?

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

31paid claims since 1978

$2.5Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 5 claims, $1.6M
Tropical Storm Ivan: 2 claims, $71K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Luzerne County.

Disasters that hit Edwardsville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdwardsvilleDeclared for Luzerne County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

7 households applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

Luzerne County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Edwardsville

Edwardsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wilkes-Barremostly inland floodingHigh

Kingstonmostly inland floodingModerate

Edwardsvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Larksvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Pringlemostly 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. Edwardsville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Edwardsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Edwardsville. 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 Edwardsville total about $1.1M 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.