Natural hazards · Lansford

Lansford, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lansford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lansford?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lansford to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding53%Cold waves16%Heat waves9%Strong wind6%Lightning6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Lansford faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

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 Lansford flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Lansford.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carbon County.

Disasters that hit Lansford

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LansfordDeclared for Carbon County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid

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

Around Lansford

Lansford and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lansfordmostly inland floodingLow

Summit Hillmostly 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. Lansford covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lansford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Lansford. 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 Lansford total about $1.2M 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.