Natural hazards · Brighton

Brighton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brighton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brighton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brighton to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Tornadoes7%Strong wind6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Brighton faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

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 Brighton flood?

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

6paid claims since 1979

$142Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

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

Insurance rates: Beaver County.

Disasters that hit Brighton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrightonDeclared for Beaver County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

1 household applied for aid $8K aid approved

Beaver County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Brighton

Brighton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bridgewatermostly inland floodingHigh

Fallstonmostly inland floodingHigh

Industrymostly inland floodingModerate

Beavermostly inland floodingLow

Pattersonmostly inland floodingLow

Vanportmostly inland floodingLow

Chippewamostly inland floodingVery low

Brightonmostly 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. Brighton covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brighton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Brighton. 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 Brighton total about $1.1M 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.