Natural hazards · Wayne

Wayne, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wayne comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2000.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wayne?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wayne to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Wayne 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 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Wayne flood?

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

4paid claims since 2000

$160Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20002026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Wayne 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 Wayne

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WayneDeclared for Lawrence County only

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

Around Wayne

Wayne and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Beavermostly inland floodingHigh

Wampummostly inland floodingHigh

Waynemostly inland floodingHigh

Perrymostly inland floodingHigh

Ellwood Citymostly inland floodingModerate

Ellportmostly inland floodingModerate

North Sewickleymostly inland floodingModerate

Slippery Rockmostly 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. Wayne covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wayne’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Wayne. 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 Wayne total about $1.0M 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.