Natural hazards · Upper Mahantongo

Upper Mahantongo, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Upper Mahantongo comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 43 claims here since 1996.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Upper Mahantongo?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Upper Mahantongo to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Hurricanes9%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Upper Mahantongo faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 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 Upper Mahantongo flood?

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

43paid claims since 1996

$1.0Mpaid to owners

8homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 20 claims, $808K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 9 claims, $100K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Upper Mahantongo 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 Upper Mahantongo

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Upper MahantongoDeclared for Schuylkill County only

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

Around Upper Mahantongo

Upper Mahantongo and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jordanmostly inland floodingModerate

Upper Mahanoymostly inland floodingModerate

Upper Mahantongomostly inland floodingModerate

Eldredmostly inland floodingModerate

Hubleymostly inland floodingLow

Heginsmostly inland floodingLow

Lykensmostly inland floodingLow

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. Upper Mahantongo 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 Upper Mahantongo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Upper Mahantongo. 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.