Natural hazards · Schuylkill Haven

Schuylkill Haven, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Schuylkill Haven comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 76 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Schuylkill Haven?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Schuylkill Haven to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Cold waves5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Schuylkill Haven faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Schuylkill Haven flood?

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

76paid claims since 1979

$2.2Mpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 3 claims, $41K
Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $4K
Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $803

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Schuylkill Haven 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 Schuylkill Haven

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Schuylkill HavenDeclared for Schuylkill County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

16 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

178 households applied for aid $322K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

10 households applied for aid $57K aid approved

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

Around Schuylkill Haven

Schuylkill Haven and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Schuylkill Havenmostly inland floodingHigh

South Manheimmostly inland floodingModerate

North Manheimmostly inland floodingLow

Cressonamostly 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. Schuylkill Haven covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Schuylkill Haven’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Schuylkill Haven. 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 Schuylkill Haven total about $2.0M 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.