Natural hazards · Mount Pocono

Mount Pocono, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mount Pocono comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mount Pocono?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mount Pocono to be higher than in 1% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves35%Inland flooding33%Hurricanes7%Lightning7%Tornadoes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Mount Pocono faces

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

Cold waves

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Mount Pocono flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

Disasters that hit Mount Pocono

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mount PoconoDeclared for Monroe County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

5 households applied for aid

2011

Hurricane Irene

8 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

7 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

3 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

Monroe County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Mount Pocono

Mount Pocono and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Paradisemostly inland floodingLow

Poconomostly inland floodingLow

Coolbaughmostly inland floodingVery low

Mount Poconomostly cold wavesVery low

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. Mount Pocono covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mount Pocono’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Mount Pocono. 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 Mount Pocono total about $624K 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.