Natural hazards · Fell

Fell, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1985.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fell?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fell to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Fell faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times 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 Fell flood?

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

4paid claims since 1985

$24Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isabel: 1 claim, $756

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

Insurance rates: Lackawanna County.

Disasters that hit Fell

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into FellDeclared for Lackawanna County only

Lackawanna County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Fell

Fell and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Carbondalemostly inland floodingVery high

Fellmostly inland floodingVery high

Vandlingmostly inland floodingVery high

Clintonmostly inland floodingModerate

Cliffordmostly inland floodingModerate

Greenfieldmostly inland floodingLow

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. Fell covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Fell. 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 Fell total about $1.7M 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.