Natural hazards · Marion

Marion, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marion 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 Marion?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marion to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Hurricanes7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Marion faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Marion flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Centre County.

Disasters that hit Marion

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarionDeclared for Centre County only

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

Around Marion

Marion and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Portermostly inland floodingHigh

Howardmostly inland floodingHigh

Libertymostly inland floodingHigh

Boggsmostly inland floodingHigh

Marionmostly inland floodingLow

Walkermostly inland floodingLow

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