Natural hazards · Barrett

Barrett, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barrett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1995.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barrett?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barrett to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Cold waves10%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Barrett faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% 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 Barrett flood?

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

7paid claims since 1995

$76Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19952026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

Disasters that hit Barrett

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Monroe County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Barrett itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BarrettDeclared for Monroe County only

Monroe County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Barrett

Barrett and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Barrettmostly inland floodingModerate

Greenemostly inland floodingLow

Pricemostly inland floodingLow

Paradisemostly inland floodingLow

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. Barrett covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barrett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Barrett. 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 Barrett total about $2.9M 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.