Natural hazards · Roulette

Roulette, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roulette comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1996. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Roulette?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roulette to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Strong wind6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Roulette faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Roulette flood?

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

8paid claims since 1996

$58Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Potter County.

Disasters that hit Roulette

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RouletteDeclared for Potter County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Potter County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Roulette

Roulette and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Keatingmostly inland floodingVery high

Roulettemostly inland floodingVery high

Eulaliamostly inland floodingHigh

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. Roulette covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Roulette’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Roulette. 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 Roulette total about $561K 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.