Natural hazards · North Centre

North Centre, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Centre comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1999.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Centre?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Centre to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Everything else18%

By hazard

What North Centre faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% 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 Centre flood?

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

2paid claims since 1999

$19Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Columbia County.

Disasters that hit North Centre

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into North CentreDeclared for Columbia County only

Columbia County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around North Centre

North Centre and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fishing Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Briar Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

North Centremostly inland floodingHigh

Orangemostly inland floodingHigh

South Centremostly inland floodingHigh

Scottmostly inland floodingLow

Lightstreetmostly 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. North Centre covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to North Centre’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of North Centre. 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 North Centre total about $1.5M 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.