Natural hazards · Cochranton

Cochranton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cochranton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cochranton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Cochranton 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 76% 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 Cochranton flood?

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

10paid claims since 1979

$29Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $3K

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

Disasters that hit Cochranton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CochrantonDeclared for Crawford County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

5 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $54K aid approved

Crawford County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Cochranton

Cochranton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cochrantonmostly inland floodingModerate

Fairfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

East Fairfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Waynemostly 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. Cochranton 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 Cochranton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Cochranton. 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.