Natural hazards · Old Lycoming

Old Lycoming, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Old Lycoming comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 552 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 Old Lycoming?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Old Lycoming to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Old Lycoming faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Old Lycoming flood?

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

552paid claims since 1978

$9.0Mpaid to owners

82homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 89 claims, $2.2M
Tropical Storm Ivan: 77 claims, $1.1M
Hurricane Debby: 13 claims, $233K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (25) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lycoming County.

Disasters that hit Old Lycoming

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Old LycomingDeclared for Lycoming County only

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

$60K to the Township of Old Lycoming for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$53K to the Township of Old Lycoming for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

$51K to the Township of Old Lycoming for repairs

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

$31K to the Township of Old Lycoming for repairs

2003

Snow

$7K to the Township of Old Lycoming for repairs

Lycoming County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Old Lycoming

Old Lycoming and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lycomingmostly inland floodingVery high

Woodwardmostly inland floodingHigh

Old Lycomingmostly inland floodingHigh

Loyalsockmostly inland floodingLow

Williamsportmostly 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. Old Lycoming covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Old Lycoming’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Old Lycoming. 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 Old Lycoming total about $1.7M 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.