Natural hazards · North Branch

North Branch, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Branch comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Branch?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Branch to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What North Branch faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 North Branch flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in North Branch.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wyoming County.

Disasters that hit North Branch

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Wyoming County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching North Branch itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into North BranchDeclared for Wyoming County only

Wyoming County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around North Branch

North Branch and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Windhammostly inland floodingVery high

North Branchmostly inland floodingHigh

Forkstonmostly inland floodingHigh

Colleymostly 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. North Branch 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 North Branch’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of North Branch. 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.