Natural hazards · Arona

Arona, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arona comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arona?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arona to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Arona faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 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 Arona flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Westmoreland County.

Disasters that hit Arona

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AronaDeclared for Westmoreland County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

Westmoreland County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

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