Natural hazards · Rush

Rush, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rush comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 32 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rush?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rush to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves10%Hurricanes9%Tornadoes7%Strong wind6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Rush faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 51 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

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 Rush flood?

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

32paid claims since 1978

$440Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 7 claims, $78K
Tropical Storm Lee: 4 claims, $97K
Hurricane Debby: 1 claim, $537

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. Rush 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 Rush

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Schuylkill County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Rush itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into RushDeclared for Schuylkill County only

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

Around Rush

Rush and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Packermostly inland floodingVery low

Ryanmostly inland floodingVery low

Rushmostly inland floodingVery low

Delanomostly inland floodingVery low

Klinemostly 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. Rush covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rush’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Rush. 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 Rush total about $1.1M 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.