Natural hazards · Centerville

Centerville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Centerville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 32 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Centerville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Centerville to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding94%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Centerville faces

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

Inland flooding

94% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% 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 Centerville flood?

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

32paid claims since 1979

$172Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Centerville 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 Centerville

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into CentervilleDeclared for Washington County only

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

Around Centerville

Centerville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

East Bethlehemmostly inland floodingVery high

Brownsvillemostly inland floodingVery high

Californiamostly inland floodingVery high

Centervillemostly inland floodingHigh

West Brownsvillemostly inland floodingHigh

West Pike Runmostly inland floodingHigh

Deemstonmostly inland floodingHigh

Luzernemostly inland floodingHigh

Beallsvillemostly 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. Centerville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Centerville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Centerville. 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 Centerville 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.