Natural hazards · Shamokin Dam

Shamokin Dam, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shamokin Dam comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 38 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shamokin Dam?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding80%Hurricanes6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Shamokin Dam 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

Above average · higher than 72% 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 16 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Shamokin Dam flood?

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

38paid claims since 1979

$363Kpaid to owners

6homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 14 claims, $179K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 4 claims, $54K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Snyder County.

Disasters that hit Shamokin Dam

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Shamokin DamDeclared for Snyder County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

32 households applied for aid $53K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

6 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

Snyder County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Shamokin Dam

Shamokin Dam and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Upper Augustamostly inland floodingModerate

Shamokin Dammostly inland floodingModerate

Monroemostly inland floodingModerate

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