Natural hazards · Walnutport

Walnutport, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walnutport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1987. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Walnutport?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walnutport to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Heat waves6%Cold waves6%Tornadoes5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Walnutport 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 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Walnutport flood?

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

1paid claims since 1987

$829paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19872026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Northampton County.

Disasters that hit Walnutport

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WalnutportDeclared for Northampton County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

17 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

6 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

10 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

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

Around Walnutport

Walnutport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Slatingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Walnutportmostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Lehighmostly 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. Walnutport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Walnutport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Walnutport. 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 Walnutport total about $596K 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.