Natural hazards · Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lawrenceville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lawrenceville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lawrenceville to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Lawrenceville faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once 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 Lawrenceville flood?

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

4paid claims since 1978

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tioga County.

Disasters that hit Lawrenceville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LawrencevilleDeclared for Tioga County only

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

2 households applied for aid

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

8 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Tioga County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lawrencevillemostly inland floodingHigh

Lawrencemostly inland floodingHigh

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. Lawrenceville 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 Lawrenceville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Lawrenceville. 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.