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Natural hazards · Frackville

Frackville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Frackville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Frackville?

11
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Frackville to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves11%Hurricanes7%Tornadoes7%Strong wind7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Frackville faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Frackville flood?

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

12paid claims since 1978
$226Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 2 claims, $10K

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. Frackville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Schuylkill County.
Disasters that hit Frackville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FrackvilleDeclared for Schuylkill County only
2011

Tropical Storm Lee

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

55 households applied for aid $44K aid approved
2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

7 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
Schuylkill County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Frackville

Frackville and the towns around it

West Mahanoy: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEnglewood: Very high, mostly inland floodingAltamont: Moderate, mostly inland floodingButler: High, mostly inland floodingGilberton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingShenandoah: Very low, mostly inland floodingMahanoy: Very low, mostly inland floodingRyan: Very low, mostly inland floodingUnion: Very low, mostly inland floodingEldred: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBarry: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAshland: Very high, mostly inland floodingConyngham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Cameron: High, mostly inland floodingCass: Very low, mostly inland floodingNew Castle: Very low, mostly inland floodingFrackville: Very low, mostly inland flooding FrackvilleWest MahanoyEnglewoodAltamontButler
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Englewoodmostly inland floodingVery high
Butlermostly inland floodingHigh
West Mahanoymostly inland floodingModerate
Altamontmostly inland floodingModerate
Frackvillemostly 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. Frackville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Frackville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Frackville. 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 Frackville total about $690K 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.

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