Natural hazards · Vandling

Vandling, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vandling comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vandling?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vandling to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Vandling faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% 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 Vandling flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lackawanna County.

Disasters that hit Vandling

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VandlingDeclared for Lackawanna County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Lackawanna County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Vandling

Vandling and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Vandlingmostly inland floodingVery high

Fellmostly inland floodingVery high

Forest Citymostly inland floodingHigh

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