Natural hazards · Jessup

Jessup, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jessup comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1985. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jessup?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jessup to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Cold waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Jessup faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Jessup flood?

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

16paid claims since 1985

$74Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Gloria: 3 claims, $15K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lackawanna County.

Disasters that hit Jessup

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JessupDeclared for Lackawanna County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

15 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

10 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

Lackawanna County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Jessup

Jessup and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Blakelymostly inland floodingHigh

Olyphantmostly inland floodingHigh

Jessupmostly inland floodingModerate

Archbaldmostly inland floodingModerate

Jeffersonmostly 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. Jessup covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jessup’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Jessup. 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 Jessup total about $1.9M 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.