Natural hazards · Beaver

Beaver, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beaver comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Beaver?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beaver to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Beaver faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Beaver flood?

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

1paid claims since 1978

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Beaver 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 Beaver

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeaverDeclared for Beaver County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

20 households applied for aid $58K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

5 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

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

Around Beaver

Beaver and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bridgewatermostly inland floodingHigh

Beavermostly inland floodingLow

Vanportmostly inland floodingLow

Brightonmostly inland floodingVery low

Pottermostly 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. Beaver covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Beaver’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Beaver. 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 Beaver 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.