Natural hazards · Burgettstown

Burgettstown, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burgettstown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burgettstown?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding96%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Burgettstown faces

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

Inland flooding

96% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 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 Burgettstown flood?

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

15paid claims since 1979

$497Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 6 claims, $191K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 5 claims, $237K

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Burgettstown

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurgettstownDeclared for Washington County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

76 households applied for aid $254K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

5 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

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

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. Burgettstown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Burgettstown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Burgettstown. 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 Burgettstown total about $872K 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.