Natural hazards · Nesquehoning

Nesquehoning, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nesquehoning comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1993. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nesquehoning?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nesquehoning to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Cold waves10%Heat waves6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Nesquehoning faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Nesquehoning flood?

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

3paid claims since 1993

$23Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carbon County.

Disasters that hit Nesquehoning

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NesquehoningDeclared for Carbon County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

30 households applied for aid $72K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved

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

Around Nesquehoning

Nesquehoning and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Nesquehoningmostly inland floodingModerate

Lehighmostly inland floodingLow

Jim Thorpemostly inland floodingVery low

Packermostly inland floodingVery low

Summit Hillmostly inland floodingVery 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. Nesquehoning covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nesquehoning’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Nesquehoning. 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 Nesquehoning total about $1.6M 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.