Natural hazards · Shohola

Shohola, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shohola comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2004. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shohola?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shohola to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Cold waves13%Hurricanes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Shohola faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

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 Shohola flood?

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

2paid claims since 2004

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pike County.

Disasters that hit Shohola

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShoholaDeclared for Pike County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

12 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

Pike County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Shohola

Shohola and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Westfallmostly inland floodingVery high

Milfordmostly inland floodingVery high

Highlandmostly inland floodingModerate

Lumberlandmostly inland floodingLow

Lackawaxenmostly inland floodingLow

Shoholamostly inland floodingLow

Dingmanmostly inland floodingLow

Blooming Grovemostly 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. Shohola covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Shohola’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Shohola. 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 Shohola total about $994K 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.