Natural hazards · Tremont

Tremont, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tremont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 42 claims here since 2004. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tremont?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tremont to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Tremont faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Tremont flood?

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

42paid claims since 2004

$1.2Mpaid to owners

10homes flooded more than once

20042026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 7 claims, $114K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 4 claims, $51K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Schuylkill County.

Disasters that hit Tremont

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TremontDeclared for Schuylkill County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

72 households applied for aid $131K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

11 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

14 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

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

Around Tremont

Tremont and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tremontmostly inland floodingHigh

Tremontmostly inland floodingModerate

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