Natural hazards · Farmington

Farmington, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Farmington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1992.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Farmington?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Farmington to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Lightning7%Hurricanes6%Tornadoes6%Cold waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Farmington 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

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 59 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Farmington flood?

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

5paid claims since 1992

$35Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19922026

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

Insurance rates: Clarion County.

Disasters that hit Farmington

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into FarmingtonDeclared for Clarion County only

Clarion County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Farmington

Farmington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greenmostly inland floodingHigh

Barnettmostly inland floodingHigh

Highlandmostly inland floodingVery low

Knoxmostly inland floodingVery low

Millcreekmostly inland floodingVery low

Farmingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Washingtonmostly 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. Farmington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Farmington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Farmington. 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 Farmington total about $435K 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.