Natural hazards · Middleport

Middleport, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Middleport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Middleport?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Middleport to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Middleport faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Middleport flood?

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

9paid claims since 1979

$65Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Schuylkill County.

Disasters that hit Middleport

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MiddleportDeclared for Schuylkill County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

23 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Schuylkill County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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