Natural hazards · Elco

Elco, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Elco comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 28 claims here since 1985.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Elco?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Elco to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding97%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Elco faces

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

Inland flooding

97% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Elco flood?

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

28paid claims since 1985

$246Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19852026

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. Elco isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Elco

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ElcoDeclared for Washington County only

Washington County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Elco

Elco and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Elcomostly inland floodingVery high

Long Branchmostly inland floodingVery high

Roscoemostly inland floodingVery high

Allenportmostly inland floodingVery high

Californiamostly inland floodingVery high

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingHigh

Newellmostly 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. Elco 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 Elco’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Elco. 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.