Natural hazards · Pringle

Pringle, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pringle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2006. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pringle?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pringle to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding62%Cold waves16%Tornadoes5%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Pringle faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Pringle flood?

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

5paid claims since 2006

$246Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20062026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $87K

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. Pringle isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Luzerne County.

Disasters that hit Pringle

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PringleDeclared for Luzerne County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

14 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

Luzerne County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Pringle

Pringle and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Luzernemostly inland floodingHigh

Kingstonmostly inland floodingModerate

Edwardsvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Pringlemostly inland floodingVery low

Courtdalemostly 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. Pringle 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 Pringle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Pringle. 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.