Natural hazards · Beccaria

Beccaria, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beccaria comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Beccaria?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beccaria to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Beccaria faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Beccaria flood?

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

13paid claims since 1978

$71Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 3 claims, $20K
March 2010 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $2K

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. Beccaria isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Clearfield County.

Disasters that hit Beccaria

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeccariaDeclared for Clearfield County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

3 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

Clearfield County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Beccaria

Beccaria and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Beccariamostly inland floodingHigh

Chestmostly inland floodingModerate

Glen Hopemostly inland floodingLow

Biglermostly inland floodingLow

Jordanmostly inland floodingLow

Reademostly inland floodingLow

Gulichmostly 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. Beccaria covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Beccaria’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Beccaria. 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 Beccaria total about $1.0M 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.