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Natural hazards in Salladasburg · FEMA

Storms, floods and disasters in Salladasburg

Salladasburg isn’t graded for hazard risk: Salladasburg has 223 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2021.

Flood claims
3
paid since 2021 · $44K
Flooded more than once
1
properties
Disasters paid out here
1
of 17 declared for Lycoming County
By hazard

What Salladasburg 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

96%of expected building damage
Well above average · in the top 9% of U.S. census tracts
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area
Smaller shares here
 Hurricanes Tornadoes Earthquakes Strong wind Landslides top 5% Hail Wildfire Winter storms Ice storms Cold waves Heat waves Lightning Avalanches top 1%
FEMA models no building damage here
Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic activity

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.

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 Salladasburg flood? Rarely: 3 flood claims since 2021

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

Paid flood claims, by year
2021: 1 claim2022: 0 claims2023: 0 claims2024: 2 claims2025: 0 claims2026: 0 claims20212024
20212026
Biggest named events
  • Hurricane Debby2 claims · $27K
3
paid claims since 2021
$44K
paid to owners
1
homes flooded more than once
$15K
average claim
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

Salladasburg isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lycoming County.
Disasters

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Salladasburg

Disasters that paid out in Salladasburg itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Borough of Salladasburg), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.

  1. 2024Tropical Storm Debby22 households applied for aid$145K aid approved2 flood claims paid for it, $27K
Disasters declared, by decade
Paid out in SalladasburgLycoming County only

Lycoming County has had 17 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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Get ready for what Salladasburg faces

A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.

When the river rises
  • 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.
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Before you buy or rent
  • 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.
When a storm is coming
Forecast and alertsWeather →911, the nearest ERSafety →

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Questions about natural hazards in Salladasburg

Does Salladasburg flood?

Flood insurance has paid 3 claims in Salladasburg since 2021, $44K in all. 1 properties have flooded more than once. The most claims came from Hurricane Debby (2).

Is Salladasburg 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 Lycoming County, 16% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.7% of all homes do.

How much is flood insurance in Salladasburg?

FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Salladasburg’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 Salladasburg?

By FEMA money that reached Salladasburg, Tropical Storm Debby (2024): 22 households applied for aid, $145K approved. By flood claims, Hurricane Debby: 2 paid, $27K.

Storm stories

Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Salladasburg.

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Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Salladasburg’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.