Natural hazards · Norwegian

Norwegian, PA natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Norwegian?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Norwegian to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Cold waves7%Hurricanes7%Tornadoes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Norwegian faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Norwegian flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Schuylkill County.

Disasters that hit Norwegian

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorwegianDeclared for Schuylkill County only

Schuylkill County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Norwegian

Norwegian and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

St. Clairmostly inland floodingVery high

Minersvillemostly inland floodingHigh

East Norwegianmostly inland floodingHigh

Pottsvillemostly inland floodingModerate

North Manheimmostly inland floodingLow

Norwegianmostly inland floodingLow

Branchmostly inland floodingLow

Cassmostly inland floodingVery low

New Castlemostly 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. Norwegian 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 Norwegian’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Norwegian. 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.