Natural hazards · Avalon

Avalon, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Avalon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2024. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Avalon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Avalon to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Cold waves11%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Avalon faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Avalon flood?

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

1paid claims since 2024

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20242026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Debby: 1 claim, $7K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Allegheny County.

Disasters that hit Avalon

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AvalonDeclared for Allegheny County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $921 aid approved

Allegheny County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Avalon

Avalon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Avalonmostly inland floodingModerate

Bellevuemostly inland floodingModerate

Kilbuckmostly inland floodingModerate

Ben Avonmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Avalon covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Avalon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Avalon. 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 Avalon total about $1.1M 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.