Natural hazards · Cranberry

Cranberry, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cranberry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 28 claims here since 1981. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cranberry?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cranberry to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Strong wind10%Lightning7%Tornadoes6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Cranberry faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 74 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesAvalanches

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 Cranberry flood?

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

28paid claims since 1981

$254Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Venango County.

Disasters that hit Cranberry

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CranberryDeclared for Venango County only

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

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

Around Cranberry

Cranberry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rocklandmostly inland floodingHigh

Cornplantermostly inland floodingHigh

Pinegrovemostly inland floodingHigh

Presidentmostly inland floodingHigh

Oil Citymostly inland floodingModerate

Sugarcreekmostly inland floodingLow

Sandycreekmostly inland floodingLow

Cranberrymostly inland floodingVery low

Woodland Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Ashlandmostly 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. Cranberry covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cranberry’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Cranberry. 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 Cranberry 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.