Natural hazards · Weatherly

Weatherly, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weatherly comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weatherly?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weatherly to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves17%Heat waves9%Strong wind7%Lightning6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Weatherly faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesAvalanches

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 Weatherly flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Weatherly.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carbon County.

Disasters that hit Weatherly

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeatherlyDeclared for Carbon County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

32 households applied for aid $62K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

7 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

Carbon County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Weatherly

Weatherly and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Weatherlymostly inland floodingLow

Lehighmostly inland floodingLow

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