Natural hazards · Chippewa

Chippewa, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chippewa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2015.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chippewa?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chippewa to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Tornadoes7%Strong wind5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Chippewa faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Chippewa flood?

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

1paid claims since 2015

$25Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Chippewa isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Beaver County.

Disasters that hit Chippewa

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChippewaDeclared for Beaver County only

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

Around Chippewa

Chippewa and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

South Beavermostly inland floodingLow

Pattersonmostly inland floodingLow

Big Beavermostly inland floodingVery low

West Mayfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

Whitemostly inland floodingVery low

Chippewamostly inland floodingVery low

Brightonmostly 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. Chippewa covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Chippewa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Chippewa. 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 Chippewa total about $1.2M 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.