Natural hazards · Timblin

Timblin, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Timblin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2026. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Timblin?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Timblin to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Lightning5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Timblin faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Timblin flood?

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

1paid claims since 2026

$15Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20262026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Timblin

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TimblinDeclared for Jefferson County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Jefferson County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Timblin

Timblin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Timblinmostly inland floodingHigh

Ringgoldmostly inland floodingHigh

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