Natural hazards · Darlington

Darlington, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Darlington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Darlington?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Darlington to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding93%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Darlington faces

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

Inland flooding

93% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% 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 Darlington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Darlington 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 Darlington

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DarlingtonDeclared for Beaver County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

8 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

6 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

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

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