Natural hazards · Porter

Porter, PA natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Porter?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Porter to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Cold waves13%Hurricanes7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Porter faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Porter flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pike County.

Disasters that hit Porter

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PorterDeclared for Pike County only

Pike County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Porter

Porter and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lehmanmostly inland floodingLow

Greenemostly inland floodingLow

Pricemostly inland floodingLow

Delawaremostly inland floodingLow

Middle Smithfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Portermostly 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. Porter covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Porter’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Porter. 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 Porter total about $569K 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.