Natural hazards · Marklesburg

Marklesburg, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marklesburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Marklesburg?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marklesburg to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Strong wind13%Hurricanes6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Marklesburg faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

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 Marklesburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Huntingdon County.

Disasters that hit Marklesburg

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarklesburgDeclared for Huntingdon County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Huntingdon County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Marklesburg

Marklesburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Marklesburgmostly inland floodingLow

Pennmostly inland floodingLow

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