Natural hazards · Huntingdon

Huntingdon, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Huntingdon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 63 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Huntingdon?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Huntingdon to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding65%Strong wind17%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Huntingdon faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Huntingdon flood?

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

63paid claims since 1979

$2.7Mpaid to owners

9homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 10 claims, $155K
Tropical Storm Allison: 4 claims, $45K
Hurricane Floyd: 2 claims, $247K

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

Insurance rates: Huntingdon County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Huntingdon

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HuntingdonDeclared for Huntingdon County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

7 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

168 households applied for aid $314K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

7 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Huntingdon County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Huntingdon

Huntingdon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Oneidamostly inland floodingHigh

Hendersonmostly inland floodingHigh

Huntingdonmostly inland floodingVery low

Smithfieldmostly strong windsVery 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. Huntingdon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Huntingdon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Huntingdon. 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 Huntingdon total about $1.6M 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.