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Natural hazards · Juniata

Juniata, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Juniata comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 49 claims here since 1979.

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

How exposed is Juniata?

67
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Juniata to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Heat waves6%Strong wind6%Hurricanes6%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Juniata faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Juniata flood?

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

49paid claims since 1979
$327Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 13 claims, $107K
  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $1K
  • Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $4K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Juniata isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Perry County.
Disasters that hit Juniata

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Perry County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Juniata itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into JuniataDeclared for Perry County only
Perry County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Juniata

Juniata and the towns around it

Centre: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTuscarora: High, mostly inland floodingOliver: High, mostly inland floodingSaville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWheatfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCarroll: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpring: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMiller: High, mostly inland floodingDelaware: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWalker: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreenwood: High, mostly inland floodingMillerstown: High, mostly inland floodingNewport: High, mostly inland floodingHowe: High, mostly inland floodingJuniata: High, mostly inland flooding JuniataCentreTuscaroraOliver
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Juniatamostly inland floodingHigh
Olivermostly inland floodingHigh
Tuscaroramostly inland floodingHigh
Centremostly inland floodingModerate
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. Juniata covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Juniata’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Juniata. 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 Juniata total about $2.1M 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.

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