Natural hazards · Port Clinton

Port Clinton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Port Clinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 2006. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Port Clinton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Port Clinton to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Hurricanes6%Cold waves5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Port Clinton faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Port Clinton flood?

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

11paid claims since 2006

$301Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20062026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $13K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Port Clinton 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 Port Clinton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Port Clinton itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Borough of Port Clinton.

Brought FEMA money into Port ClintonDeclared for Schuylkill County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

18 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

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

Around Port Clinton

Port Clinton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Port Clintonmostly inland floodingLow

West Brunswickmostly inland floodingLow

Tildenmostly 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. Port Clinton 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 Port Clinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Port Clinton. 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.