Natural hazards · Starrucca

Starrucca, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Starrucca comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Starrucca?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Starrucca to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Starrucca faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Starrucca flood?

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

17paid claims since 1979

$75Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 3 claims, $22K
Hurricane Gloria: 2 claims, $15K

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. Starrucca isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Starrucca

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StarruccaDeclared for Wayne County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Wayne County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Starrucca

Starrucca and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Starruccamostly inland floodingLow

Prestonmostly inland floodingLow

Scottmostly inland floodingLow

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