Flood risk in Pennsylvania
FEMA NFIP historical claims and active policies aggregated by county. Pick a county to see total paid, average claim amount, and active policy count.
Counties with claims
67
of 68 reporting
Total NFIP claims
11,597
Total claims paid
$293,845,006
Active policies
7,209
Highest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units. Higher means a larger share of homes have a documented claim on file.
- 1.Columbia County19.13 / 1k
- 2.Wyoming County16.59 / 1k
- 3.Sullivan County15.84 / 1k
- 4.Lycoming County12.32 / 1k
- 5.Bradford County9.73 / 1k
- 6.Dauphin County9.46 / 1k
- 7.Snyder County7.97 / 1k
- 8.Susquehanna County6.52 / 1k
- 9.Northumberland County6.35 / 1k
- 10.Union County6.07 / 1k
Lowest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units, restricted to counties of at least 25,000 residents.
- 1.McKean County0.25 / 1k
- 2.Carbon County0.26 / 1k
- 3.Mercer County0.28 / 1k
- 4.Clarion County0.34 / 1k
- 5.Franklin County0.35 / 1k
- 6.Centre County0.48 / 1k
- 7.Philadelphia County0.52 / 1k
- 8.Erie County0.53 / 1k
- 9.Pike County0.63 / 1k
- 10.Cambria County0.68 / 1k
Counties by historical claims
Sorted by total claims, highest first. Historical totals do not capture uninsured properties or future climate shifts.
- County1,212 claims · moderate
- County1,115 claims · moderate
- County659 claims · moderate
- County655 claims · moderate
- County624 claims · moderate
- County563 claims · high
- County540 claims · moderate
- County495 claims · high
- County388 claims · moderate
- County369 claims · moderate
- County366 claims · moderate
- County343 claims · low
- County248 claims · moderate
- County240 claims · moderate
- County237 claims · moderate
- County216 claims · moderate
- County215 claims · moderate
- County204 claims · moderate
- County188 claims · moderate
- County179 claims · high
- County155 claims · moderate
- County148 claims · moderate
- County144 claims · moderate
- County140 claims · low
- County122 claims · moderate
- County117 claims · moderate
- County115 claims · moderate
- County102 claims · moderate
- County98 claims · moderate
- County89 claims · moderate
- County88 claims · moderate
- County87 claims · moderate
- County86 claims · moderate
- County84 claims · moderate
- County78 claims · low
- County73 claims · moderate
- County70 claims · moderate
- County60 claims · moderate
- County58 claims · low
- County55 claims · moderate
- County44 claims · moderate
- County39 claims · moderate
- County39 claims · high
- County38 claims · moderate
- County38 claims · low
- County30 claims · low
- County30 claims · moderate
- County30 claims · moderate
- County29 claims · moderate
- County28 claims · low
- County26 claims · low
- County24 claims · moderate
- County22 claims · low
- County22 claims · moderate
- County20 claims · moderate
- County19 claims · low
- County15 claims · low
- County15 claims · low
- County13 claims · low
- County13 claims · low
- County8 claims · moderate
- County8 claims · low
- County7 claims · low
- County5 claims · low
- County5 claims · moderate
- County4 claims · low
- County1 claims · low
- County0 claims · low
How to read this
Historical claims show where NFIP-insured properties have actually filed. They under-count uninsured properties and don't forecast future risk from climate, upstream development, or new mitigation projects. For parcel-specific flood-zone designations, use FEMA's Map Service Center.
Data sources
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