Natural hazards · Bratton

Bratton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bratton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 20 claims here since 1984.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bratton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bratton to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Hurricanes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Bratton faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bratton flood?

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

20paid claims since 1984

$293Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19842026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 7 claims, $188K

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

Insurance rates: Mifflin County.

Disasters that hit Bratton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrattonDeclared for Mifflin County only

Mifflin County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Bratton

Bratton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Waynemostly inland floodingHigh

Lackmostly inland floodingHigh

Tuscaroramostly inland floodingHigh

Milfordmostly inland floodingHigh

Brattonmostly inland floodingHigh

Olivermostly inland floodingHigh

McVeytownmostly inland floodingHigh

Granvillemostly inland floodingModerate

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. Bratton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bratton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Bratton. 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 Bratton total about $1.6M 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.