Natural hazards · Barree

Barree, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barree comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Barree?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barree to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Strong wind11%Hurricanes5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Barree faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Barree flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Huntingdon County.

Disasters that hit Barree

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarreeDeclared for Huntingdon County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $488 aid approved

Huntingdon County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Barree

Barree and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Barreemostly inland floodingModerate

Jacksonmostly inland floodingModerate

Millermostly inland floodingModerate

Westmostly inland floodingModerate

Franklinmostly inland floodingModerate

Fergusonmostly 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. Barree 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 Barree’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Barree. 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.