Natural hazards · Springville

Springville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2006. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springville to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Hurricanes8%Tornadoes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Springville 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

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 27 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Springville flood?

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

2paid claims since 2006

$32Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20062026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $17K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Susquehanna County.

Disasters that hit Springville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringvilleDeclared for Susquehanna County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

4 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

39 households applied for aid $70K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Susquehanna County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Springville

Springville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Nicholsonmostly inland floodingHigh

Auburnmostly inland floodingLow

Springvillemostly inland floodingLow

Dimockmostly inland floodingLow

Lathropmostly 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. Springville 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 Springville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Springville. 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.