Natural hazards · Ulysses

Ulysses, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ulysses comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2024. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ulysses?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ulysses to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Strong wind11%Cold waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Ulysses faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

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 Ulysses flood?

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

1paid claims since 2024

$10Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20242026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Debby: 1 claim, $10K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Ulysses 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 Ulysses

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into UlyssesDeclared for Potter County only

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

44 households applied for aid $368K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

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

Around Ulysses

Ulysses and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ulyssesmostly inland floodingVery high

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