Natural hazards · Roseto

Roseto, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roseto comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Roseto?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roseto to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Heat waves9%Cold waves9%Hurricanes6%Tornadoes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Roseto faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Roseto flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Northampton County.

Disasters that hit Roseto

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RosetoDeclared for Northampton County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

1 household applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Northampton County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Roseto

Roseto and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bangormostly inland floodingHigh

Washingtonmostly inland floodingLow

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