Natural hazards · Tunkhannock

Tunkhannock, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tunkhannock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 99 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tunkhannock?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tunkhannock to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding90%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Tunkhannock faces

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

Inland flooding

90% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% 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 Tunkhannock flood?

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

99paid claims since 1979

$3.2Mpaid to owners

14homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 19 claims, $2.1M
Tropical Storm Ivan: 14 claims, $390K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wyoming County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

119flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Tunkhannock

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TunkhannockDeclared for Wyoming County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

281 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

19 households applied for aid $69K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

274 households applied for aid $722K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

132 households applied for aid $210K aid approved

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

Around Tunkhannock

Tunkhannock and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tunkhannockmostly inland floodingHigh

Eatonmostly inland floodingHigh

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