Natural hazards · Snydertown

Snydertown, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Snydertown 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 Snydertown?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Snydertown to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Hurricanes7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Snydertown faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Snydertown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Northumberland County.

Disasters that hit Snydertown

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SnydertownDeclared for Northumberland County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid

Northumberland County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Snydertown

Snydertown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rushmostly inland floodingHigh

Snydertownmostly inland floodingModerate

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