Natural hazards · Yatesville

Yatesville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Yatesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Yatesville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Yatesville to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Cold waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Yatesville faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Yatesville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Yatesville 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 Yatesville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into YatesvilleDeclared for Luzerne County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

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

Around Yatesville

Yatesville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Yatesvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Jenkinsmostly inland floodingModerate

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