Natural hazards · Brookville

Brookville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brookville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 34 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 Brookville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brookville to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Brookville faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% 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 Brookville flood?

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

34paid claims since 1978

$1.4Mpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $1K

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Brookville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrookvilleDeclared for Jefferson County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Jefferson County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Brookville

Brookville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brookvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Rosemostly inland floodingLow

Pine Creekmostly inland floodingLow

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. Brookville covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brookville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Brookville. 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 Brookville 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.