Natural hazards · Moosic

Moosic, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moosic comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1981. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Moosic?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moosic to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Cold waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Moosic faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Moosic flood?

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

15paid claims since 1981

$81Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 4 claims, $15K
Hurricane Gloria: 4 claims, $14K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lackawanna County.

Disasters that hit Moosic

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MoosicDeclared for Lackawanna County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

19 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

Lackawanna County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Moosic

Moosic and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Moosicmostly inland floodingHigh

Old Forgemostly inland floodingModerate

Scrantonmostly inland floodingModerate

Taylormostly 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. Moosic covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Moosic’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Moosic. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Moosic total about $3.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.