Natural hazards · Wysox

Wysox, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wysox comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 24 claims here since 1993. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wysox?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Wysox 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 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 Wysox flood?

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

24paid claims since 1993

$586Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 6 claims, $234K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 3 claims, $94K

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. Wysox 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Wysox

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WysoxDeclared for Bradford County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

92 households applied for aid $552K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

13 households applied for aid $32K aid approved

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

Around Wysox

Wysox and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sheshequinmostly inland floodingVery high

Romemostly inland floodingVery high

Towandamostly inland floodingHigh

Wysoxmostly inland floodingHigh

Asylummostly inland floodingHigh

Towandamostly inland floodingHigh

North Towandamostly inland floodingHigh

Standing Stonemostly inland floodingHigh

Herrickmostly 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. Wysox 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 Wysox’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Wysox. 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.