Natural hazards · Lehman

Lehman, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lehman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lehman?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lehman to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Cold waves15%Hurricanes5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Lehman faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Lehman flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pike County.

Disasters that hit Lehman

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LehmanDeclared for Pike County only

Pike County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Lehman

Lehman and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Walpackmostly inland floodingHigh

Lehmanmostly inland floodingLow

Delawaremostly inland floodingLow

Middle Smithfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Portermostly 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. Lehman covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lehman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Lehman. 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 Lehman total about $3.6M 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.