Natural hazards · McCalmont

McCalmont, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McCalmont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McCalmont?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McCalmont to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Lightning7%Cold waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What McCalmont faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 McCalmont flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit McCalmont

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into McCalmontDeclared for Jefferson County only

Jefferson County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around McCalmont

McCalmont and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Olivermostly inland floodingHigh

McCalmontmostly inland floodingModerate

Hendersonmostly inland floodingModerate

Winslowmostly inland floodingLow

Bellmostly inland floodingLow

Youngmostly inland floodingLow

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