Natural hazards · Pulaski

Pulaski, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pulaski comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pulaski?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pulaski to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Pulaski 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 75% 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 Pulaski flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit Pulaski

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PulaskiDeclared for Lawrence County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

3 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

Lawrence County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Pulaski

Pulaski and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Shenangomostly inland floodingHigh

Mahoningmostly inland floodingModerate

Pulaskimostly inland floodingModerate

Wilmingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Coitsvillemostly 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. Pulaski covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pulaski’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Pulaski. 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 Pulaski total about $762K 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.