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Natural hazards in Enhaut · FEMA

Enhaut is calmer than 85% of U.S. communities

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Enhaut comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

15Very low riskLowerHigherExpected storm and flood damage, vs. U.S. communities
Overall risk
Very low
higher than 15% of U.S. places
Main hazard
Inland flooding
58% of expected damage
Flood claims
0
none on record
Disasters paid out here
0
of 18 declared for Dauphin County

What stands out about Enhaut’s weather risks

Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Expected damage

How exposed is Enhaut?

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Where Enhaut sits
Enhaut
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Calmer than 2,077 of the 2,558 Pennsylvania towns we cover.

Enhaut is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

What drives the damage
Inland flooding58%Hurricanes10%Tornadoes7%Heat waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else14%
Flood insurance claims

Does Enhaut flood? No paid flood claims on record

FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Enhaut. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.

of homes in flood zones are insured
of all homes are insured
No community discount

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

Insurance rates: Dauphin County.
By hazard

What Enhaut faces

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

Inland flooding

58%of expected damage
Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10%of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Tornadoes

7%of expected damage
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6%of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5%of expected damage
Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area
Lower here
🧊 Hail🧊 Ice storms❄️ Winter weather🥶 Cold waves🔥 Wildfire🏚️ Earthquakes⛰️ Landslides⚡ Lightning🌵 Drought
Not a risk here
Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity
Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Storms remembered

Federal disasters declared here

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

Disasters declared, by decade
Paid out in EnhautDauphin County only

Dauphin County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Be ready

Get ready for what Enhaut actually faces

A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.

When the river rises
  • Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
  • Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
  • Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
More from Ready.gov ↗
Hurricane season
  • The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
  • Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
  • Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
More from Ready.gov ↗
Tornado warnings
  • Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
  • A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
  • Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
More from Ready.gov ↗
Before you buy or rent
  • Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
  • Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
  • Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
When a storm is coming
Forecast and alertsWeather →911, the nearest ERSafety →

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Next door

Enhaut and its neighbors

Enhaut has the lowest rating of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its hazards.

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
TownRatingMostlyFlood claims
SteeltonHighinland flooding140
SwataraLowinland flooding312
EnhautVery lowinland flooding0

Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.

Storm season

Most disasters here begin in August–October

The month each of Dauphin County’s 18 declared disasters began, since 1953.

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FloodsHurricanesWinter stormsSevere storms
How to read this page

What these numbers can and can’t tell you

  • An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
  • Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Enhaut’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Enhaut.
  • It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Enhaut.

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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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.

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