Natural hazards · Sullivan

Sullivan, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sullivan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1994.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sullivan?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sullivan to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Sullivan faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Sullivan flood?

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

3paid claims since 1994

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tioga County.

Disasters that hit Sullivan

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Tioga County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Sullivan itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into SullivanDeclared for Tioga County only

Tioga County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Sullivan

Sullivan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Columbiamostly inland floodingHigh

Sullivanmostly inland floodingHigh

Wardmostly inland floodingHigh

Rutlandmostly inland floodingHigh

Covingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Sullivan covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sullivan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sullivan. 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 Sullivan total about $1.8M 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.