Natural hazards · Nescopeck

Nescopeck, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nescopeck comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 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 Nescopeck?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding80%Cold waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Nescopeck faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Nescopeck flood?

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

16paid claims since 1979

$290Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 5 claims, $216K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 3 claims, $30K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Luzerne County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Nescopeck

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NescopeckDeclared for Luzerne County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

61 households applied for aid $235K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

2 households applied for aid $47K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

19 households applied for aid $62K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $659 aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

9 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

Luzerne County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Nescopeck

Nescopeck and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mifflinmostly inland floodingHigh

Nescopeckmostly inland floodingHigh

Salemmostly inland floodingModerate

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