Natural hazards · Linesville

Linesville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Linesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2014. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Linesville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Linesville to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Strong wind6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Linesville faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Linesville flood?

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

2paid claims since 2014

$11Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20142026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

Disasters that hit Linesville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LinesvilleDeclared for Crawford County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

12 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $669 aid approved

Crawford County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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