Natural hazards · Hallstead

Hallstead, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hallstead comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 24 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hallstead?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hallstead to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Hallstead 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 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 Hallstead flood?

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

24paid claims since 1979

$922Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 12 claims, $686K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $4K

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

Insurance rates: Susquehanna County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Hallstead

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HallsteadDeclared for Susquehanna County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

110 households applied for aid $222K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

291 households applied for aid $870K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

44 households applied for aid $111K aid approved

Susquehanna County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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