Natural hazards · Laporte

Laporte, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Laporte comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Laporte?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Laporte to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Hurricanes5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Laporte faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Laporte flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sullivan County.

Disasters that hit Laporte

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LaporteDeclared for Sullivan County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

13 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

1 household applied for aid

Sullivan County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Laporte is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Laporte’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Laporte. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.