Natural hazards · Clairton

Clairton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clairton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clairton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clairton to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Cold waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Clairton 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

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Clairton flood?

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

10paid claims since 1978

$70Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $9K

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

Insurance rates: Allegheny County.

Disasters that hit Clairton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClairtonDeclared for Allegheny County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

14 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

Allegheny County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Clairton

Clairton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Glassportmostly inland floodingVery high

Lincolnmostly inland floodingModerate

Clairtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Jefferson Hillsmostly inland floodingLow

West Mifflinmostly 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. Clairton covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clairton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Clairton. 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 Clairton total about $2.6M 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.