Natural hazards · Conemaugh

Conemaugh, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Conemaugh comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 47 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Conemaugh?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Conemaugh to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Cold waves9%Tornadoes8%Strong wind5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Conemaugh faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Conemaugh flood?

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

47paid claims since 1978

$590Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $12K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $6K

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

Insurance rates: Cambria County.

Disasters that hit Conemaugh

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConemaughDeclared for Cambria County only

Cambria County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Conemaugh

Conemaugh and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Franklinmostly inland floodingModerate

Johnstownmostly inland floodingModerate

East Taylormostly inland floodingLow

Stonycreekmostly inland floodingLow

Conemaughmostly inland floodingVery low

Daisytownmostly inland floodingVery low

Richlandmostly 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. Conemaugh covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Conemaugh’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Conemaugh. 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 Conemaugh total about $337K 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.