Natural hazards · Gallitzin

Gallitzin, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gallitzin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gallitzin?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gallitzin to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Cold waves6%Tornadoes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Gallitzin faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 85 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Gallitzin flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Gallitzin.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Gallitzin isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Cambria County.

Disasters that hit Gallitzin

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GallitzinDeclared for Cambria County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid $301 aid approved

Cambria County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Gallitzin

Gallitzin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Gallitzinmostly inland floodingVery low

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