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Natural hazards · Tuscarora

Tuscarora, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tuscarora comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

How exposed is Tuscarora?

73
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tuscarora to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Hurricanes12%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Tuscarora faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Tuscarora flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Tuscarora.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Tuscarora isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Juniata County.
Disasters that hit Tuscarora

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into TuscaroraDeclared for Juniata County only
Juniata County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Tuscarora

Tuscarora and the towns around it

Jackson: High, mostly inland floodingNortheast Madison: High, mostly inland floodingBratton: High, mostly inland floodingToboyne: High, mostly inland floodingLack: High, mostly inland floodingBeale: High, mostly inland floodingSpruce Hill: High, mostly inland floodingMilford: High, mostly inland floodingLower Mifflin: Very low, mostly inland floodingSouthwest Madison: High, mostly inland floodingSaville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTyrone: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOliver: High, mostly inland floodingWayne: High, mostly inland floodingMcVeytown: High, mostly inland floodingGranville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFannett: Low, mostly inland floodingUpper Mifflin: Very low, mostly inland floodingHopewell: Low, mostly inland floodingTell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingShirley: High, mostly inland floodingTurbett: High, mostly inland floodingFermanagh: High, mostly inland floodingWalker: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPort Royal: High, mostly inland floodingDerry: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTuscarora: High, mostly inland flooding TuscaroraJacksonNortheast MadisonBrattonToboyneLackBealeSpruce HillMilford
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Tuscaroramostly inland floodingHigh
Lackmostly inland floodingHigh
Bealemostly inland floodingHigh
Spruce Hillmostly inland floodingHigh
Milfordmostly inland floodingHigh
Jacksonmostly inland floodingHigh
Northeast Madisonmostly inland floodingHigh
Brattonmostly inland floodingHigh
Toboynemostly 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. Tuscarora 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 Tuscarora’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Tuscarora. 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.

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