Natural hazards · Aliquippa

Aliquippa, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aliquippa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 37 claims here since 1996. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aliquippa?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aliquippa to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Aliquippa faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Aliquippa flood?

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

37paid claims since 1996

$755Kpaid to owners

9homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 4 claims, $47K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Aliquippa isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Beaver County.

Disasters that hit Aliquippa

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AliquippaDeclared for Beaver County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

189 households applied for aid $896K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

63 households applied for aid $174K aid approved

Beaver County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Aliquippa

Aliquippa and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ambridgemostly inland floodingLow

Aliquippamostly inland floodingLow

Badenmostly inland floodingVery low

Hopewellmostly inland floodingVery low

Harmonymostly inland floodingVery low

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. Aliquippa covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Aliquippa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Aliquippa. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Aliquippa total about $1.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.