Natural hazards · Waymart

Waymart, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Waymart comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1996. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Waymart?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Waymart to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding53%Cold waves17%Strong wind9%Hurricanes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Waymart faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Waymart flood?

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

7paid claims since 1996

$37Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $13K

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Waymart

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaymartDeclared for Wayne County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

71 households applied for aid $89K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

16 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

Wayne County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Waymart

Waymart and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clintonmostly inland floodingModerate

Waymartmostly inland floodingVery low

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