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 moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1981.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Juniata?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Juniata to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

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

88% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% 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 Juniata flood?

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

18paid claims since 1981

$214Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 5 claims, $93K

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. 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: Bedford County.

Disasters that hit Juniata

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into JuniataDeclared for Bedford County only

Bedford County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Juniata

Juniata and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Londonderrymostly inland floodingHigh

Juniatamostly inland floodingModerate

Harrisonmostly inland floodingModerate

Napiermostly inland floodingModerate

Alleghenymostly inland floodingLow

Shademostly inland floodingLow

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; 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 $2.2M 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.