Natural hazards · Wyoming

Wyoming, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wyoming comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wyoming?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wyoming to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Cold waves10%Earthquakes6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Wyoming faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Wyoming flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979

$237Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $10K
Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $201K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Luzerne County.

Disasters that hit Wyoming

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WyomingDeclared for Luzerne County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

25 households applied for aid $86K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

6 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

46 households applied for aid $92K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

13 households applied for aid $26K aid approved

Luzerne County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Wyoming

Wyoming and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Forty Fortmostly inland floodingModerate

Plainsmostly inland floodingModerate

Jenkinsmostly inland floodingModerate

Wyomingmostly inland floodingModerate

West Wyomingmostly 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. Wyoming covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wyoming’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Wyoming. 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 Wyoming total about $840K 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.