Natural hazards · Shade Gap

Shade Gap, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shade Gap comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shade Gap?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shade Gap to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding66%Strong wind18%Hurricanes7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Shade Gap faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Shade Gap flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Huntingdon County.

Disasters that hit Shade Gap

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Shade GapDeclared for Huntingdon County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

6 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

Huntingdon County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Shade Gap 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 Shade Gap’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Shade Gap. 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.