Natural hazards · Forkston

Forkston, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Forkston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 19 claims here since 1996.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Forkston?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Forkston to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Forkston faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Forkston flood?

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

19paid claims since 1996

$472Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 7 claims, $316K
Tropical Storm Lee: 3 claims, $5K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $3K

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. Forkston 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Forkston

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ForkstonDeclared for Wyoming County only

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

Around Forkston

Forkston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Noxenmostly inland floodingVery high

Windhammostly inland floodingVery high

Forkstonmostly inland floodingHigh

North Branchmostly inland floodingHigh

Mehoopanymostly 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. Forkston covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Forkston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Forkston. 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 Forkston total about $2.1M 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.