Natural hazards · Bellwood

Bellwood, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bellwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1984. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bellwood?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bellwood to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Bellwood faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 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 Bellwood flood?

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

1paid claims since 1984

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19842026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Blair County.

Disasters that hit Bellwood

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BellwoodDeclared for Blair County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

27 households applied for aid $50K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

20 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

Blair County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

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. Bellwood covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bellwood’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Bellwood. 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 Bellwood total about $467K 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.