Natural hazards · Littlestown

Littlestown, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Littlestown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Littlestown?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding56%Hurricanes14%Earthquakes7%Tornadoes6%Strong wind6%Heat waves5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Littlestown faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Littlestown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Adams County.

Disasters that hit Littlestown

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LittlestownDeclared for Adams County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

7 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Adams County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Littlestown

Littlestown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Germanymostly inland floodingLow

Unionmostly inland floodingLow

Littlestownmostly 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. Littlestown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Littlestown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Littlestown. 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 Littlestown total about $791K 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.