Natural hazards · Conway

Conway, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Conway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Conway?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Conway to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Conway faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Conway flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Conway.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Conway 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 Conway

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConwayDeclared for Beaver County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

6 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

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

Around Conway

Conway and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Freedommostly inland floodingModerate

Conwaymostly inland floodingLow

Economymostly inland floodingLow

New Sewickleymostly inland floodingVery low

Centermostly 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. Conway covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Conway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Conway. 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 Conway total about $388K 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.