Natural hazards · Brackenridge

Brackenridge, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brackenridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 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 Brackenridge?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brackenridge to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding92%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Brackenridge faces

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

Inland flooding

92% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 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 Brackenridge flood?

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

7paid claims since 1978

$29Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 2 claims, $13K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Allegheny County.

Disasters that hit Brackenridge

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrackenridgeDeclared for Allegheny County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

11 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

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

Around Brackenridge

Brackenridge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tarentummostly inland floodingVery high

Brackenridgemostly inland floodingVery high

Harrisonmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Brackenridge covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brackenridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Brackenridge. 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 Brackenridge total about $1.8M 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.