Natural hazards · Canton

Canton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Canton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 49 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Canton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canton to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Canton faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Canton flood?

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

49paid claims since 1979

$2.8Mpaid to owners

11homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 5 claims, $551K
Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $21K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Canton 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 Canton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into CantonDeclared for Washington County only

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

Around Canton

Canton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hopewellmostly inland floodingModerate

Cantonmostly inland floodingModerate

Chartiersmostly inland floodingLow

Buffalomostly inland floodingLow

Mount Pleasantmostly inland floodingVery low

North Franklinmostly inland floodingVery low

Washingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

South Strabanemostly 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. Canton covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Canton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Canton. 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 Canton total about $2.0M 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.