Natural hazards · Meshoppen

Meshoppen, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meshoppen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 81 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Meshoppen?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meshoppen to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Meshoppen faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Meshoppen flood?

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

81paid claims since 1979

$1.5Mpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 13 claims, $956K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 8 claims, $149K
Torrential rain: 1 claim, $1K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wyoming County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Meshoppen

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MeshoppenDeclared for Wyoming County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

103 households applied for aid $616K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

57 households applied for aid $118K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

52 households applied for aid $119K aid approved

Wyoming County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Meshoppen

Meshoppen and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Meshoppenmostly inland floodingVery high

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