Natural hazards · Baden

Baden, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Baden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Baden?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Baden to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Tornadoes6%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Baden faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Baden flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Baden 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 Baden

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BadenDeclared for Beaver County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

23 households applied for aid $67K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

3 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

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

Around Baden

Baden and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Economymostly 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. Baden covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Baden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Baden. 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 Baden total about $492K 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.