Natural hazards · Walker

Walker, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 57 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Walker?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walker to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Hurricanes7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Walker faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% 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 Walker flood?

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

57paid claims since 1978

$581Kpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 10 claims, $200K
Tropical Storm Lee: 3 claims, $30K
Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $84K

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. Walker isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Centre County.

Disasters that hit Walker

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WalkerDeclared for Centre County only

Centre County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Walker

Walker and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greggmostly inland floodingModerate

Walkermostly inland floodingLow

Marionmostly inland floodingLow

Springmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Walker covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Walker’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Walker. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Walker total about $943K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.