Natural hazards · Volant

Volant, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Volant comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Volant?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Volant to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Volant faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% 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 Volant flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit Volant

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VolantDeclared for Lawrence County only

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Lawrence County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Volant

Volant and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Volantmostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

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