Natural hazards · Wampum

Wampum, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wampum comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2023. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wampum?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wampum to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Wampum faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% 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 Wampum flood?

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

1paid claims since 2023

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20232026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Wampum 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 Wampum

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WampumDeclared for Lawrence County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

6 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

6 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Wampum

Wampum and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wampummostly inland floodingHigh

New Beavermostly inland floodingHigh

Waynemostly inland floodingHigh

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