Natural hazards · Lewis Run

Lewis Run, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lewis Run comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2003. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lewis Run?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lewis Run to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Lewis Run 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 windLightning

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 Lewis Run flood?

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

3paid claims since 2003

$60Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McKean County.

Disasters that hit Lewis Run

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lewis RunDeclared for McKean County only

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

McKean County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Lewis Run

Lewis Run and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lewis Runmostly inland floodingHigh

Bradfordmostly inland floodingHigh

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