Natural hazards · Ringtown

Ringtown, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ringtown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low 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 Ringtown?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ringtown to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes8%Cold waves8%Tornadoes6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Ringtown faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 33 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Ringtown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Ringtown 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 Ringtown

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RingtownDeclared for Schuylkill County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

30 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

12 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

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

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