Natural hazards · Sligo

Sligo, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sligo comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sligo?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sligo to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Lightning7%Cold waves5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Sligo faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windAvalanches

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 Sligo flood?

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

9paid claims since 1978

$29Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clarion County.

Disasters that hit Sligo

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SligoDeclared for Clarion County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

4 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Clarion County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Sligo

Sligo and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sligomostly inland floodingLow

Pineymostly inland floodingLow

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