Photo: PennDOT · Public domainStorms, floods and disasters in Greenwood Township
Greenwood Township isn’t graded for hazard risk: Greenwood Township has 406 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 39 claims here since 1979.
What Greenwood Township faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Greenwood Township flood? Sometimes: 39 flood claims since 1979
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Greenwood Township, from FEMA’s records.
- Tropical Storm Lee15 claims · $204K
- Tropical Storm Ivan1 claim · $9K
Greenwood Township isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Clearfield County.The storms Greenwood Township remembers
None of the 14 disasters declared for Clearfield County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Greenwood Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 201115 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 19967 flood claims paidThe year of Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, declared for Clearfield County
- 20066 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
Clearfield County has had 14 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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Add to the Greenwood Township archive →Greenwood Township and its neighbors
How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Township | A−less damage than 78% | river and rain flooding | 2 |
| Ferguson Township | — | 652 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
| Bell Township | — | 544 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Greenwood Township faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Greenwood Township
Does Greenwood Township flood?
Flood insurance has paid 39 claims in Greenwood Township since 1979, $402K in all. 7 properties have flooded more than once. The most claims came from Tropical Storm Lee (15).
Is Greenwood Township in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Clearfield County, 16% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.6% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Greenwood Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Greenwood Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Greenwood Township?
By flood claims, Tropical Storm Lee: 15 paid, $204K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Greenwood Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Greenwood Township’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.