Natural hazards · Chicora

Chicora, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chicora comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1984. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chicora?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chicora to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Chicora faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% 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 Chicora flood?

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

4paid claims since 1984

$27Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19842026

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

Insurance rates: Butler County.

Disasters that hit Chicora

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChicoraDeclared for Butler County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

Butler County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Chicora

Chicora and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Chicoramostly inland floodingModerate

Donegalmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Chicora is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Chicora’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Chicora. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.