Natural hazards · Slatington

Slatington, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Slatington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1987. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Slatington?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Slatington to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding63%Cold waves20%Heat waves5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Slatington faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Slatington flood?

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

2paid claims since 1987

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19872026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lehigh County.

Disasters that hit Slatington

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SlatingtonDeclared for Lehigh County only

2011

Hurricane Irene

10 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

4 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

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

Around Slatington

Slatington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Slatingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Walnutportmostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Lehighmostly 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. Slatington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Slatington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Slatington. 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 Slatington total about $1.7M 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.