Natural hazards · Factoryville

Factoryville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Factoryville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1983. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Factoryville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Factoryville to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Factoryville faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Factoryville flood?

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

7paid claims since 1983

$54Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19832026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 2 claims, $17K
Hurricane Gloria: 1 claim, $16K

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. Factoryville 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 Factoryville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FactoryvilleDeclared for Wyoming County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

28 households applied for aid $51K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $843 aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

10 households applied for aid $38K aid approved

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

Around Factoryville

Factoryville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Factoryvillemostly inland floodingHigh

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