Natural hazards · Johnsonburg

Johnsonburg, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Johnsonburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1989. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Johnsonburg?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Johnsonburg to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding92%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Johnsonburg faces

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

Inland flooding

92% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Johnsonburg flood?

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

12paid claims since 1989

$229Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19892026

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

Insurance rates: Elk County.

Disasters that hit Johnsonburg

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JohnsonburgDeclared for Elk County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid

Elk County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

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. Johnsonburg covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Johnsonburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Johnsonburg. 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 Johnsonburg total about $2.0M 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.