Natural hazards · Wyalusing

Wyalusing, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wyalusing comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 24 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wyalusing?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wyalusing to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Wyalusing faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Wyalusing flood?

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

24paid claims since 1978

$257Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 2 claims, $49K
Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $30K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $990

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bradford County.

Disasters that hit Wyalusing

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WyalusingDeclared for Bradford County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

99 households applied for aid $499K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

17 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

33 households applied for aid $78K aid approved

Bradford County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Wyalusing

Wyalusing and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Terrymostly inland floodingVery high

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