Natural hazards · Noxen

Noxen, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Noxen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Noxen?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Noxen to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Noxen faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% 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 Noxen flood?

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

13paid claims since 1978

$272Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 6 claims, $169K
Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $7K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Noxen 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 Noxen

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NoxenDeclared for Wyoming County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

53 households applied for aid $151K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

118 households applied for aid $483K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

190 households applied for aid $493K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

7 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

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

Around Noxen

Noxen and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Noxenmostly inland floodingVery high

Monroemostly inland floodingVery high

Forkstonmostly inland floodingHigh

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