Natural hazards · Bridgeville

Bridgeville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 192 claims here since 1980. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bridgeville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding84%Cold waves9%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Bridgeville faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Bridgeville flood?

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

192paid claims since 1980

$4.3Mpaid to owners

33homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 33 claims, $695K
Hurricane Ida: 5 claims, $48K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (6) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Bridgeville 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Bridgeville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgevilleDeclared for Allegheny County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

174 households applied for aid $670K aid approved

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

Around Bridgeville

Bridgeville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bridgevillemostly inland floodingModerate

Colliermostly inland floodingVery low

South Fayettemostly inland floodingVery low

Scottmostly inland floodingVery low

Upper St. Clairmostly 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. Bridgeville covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bridgeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Bridgeville. 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 Bridgeville total about $1.3M 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.