Natural hazards · Litchfield

Litchfield, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Litchfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2000.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Litchfield?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Litchfield to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Litchfield faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times 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 Litchfield flood?

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

1paid claims since 2000

$675paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20002026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bradford County.

Disasters that hit Litchfield

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LitchfieldDeclared for Bradford County only

Bradford County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Litchfield

Litchfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Litchfieldmostly inland floodingVery high

Romemostly inland floodingVery high

Athensmostly 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. Litchfield 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 Litchfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Litchfield. 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.