Natural hazards · Sweden

Sweden, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sweden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2007.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sweden?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sweden to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Strong wind7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Sweden faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Sweden flood?

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

2paid claims since 2007

$36Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Debby: 1 claim, $5K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Potter County.

Disasters that hit Sweden

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SwedenDeclared for Potter County only

Potter County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Sweden

Sweden and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Summitmostly inland floodingVery high

Alleganymostly inland floodingVery high

Swedenmostly inland floodingHigh

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