Natural hazards · Delmont

Delmont, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delmont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 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 Delmont?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Delmont to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Lightning6%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Delmont faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

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 Delmont flood?

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

4paid claims since 1981

$24Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Westmoreland County.

Disasters that hit Delmont

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DelmontDeclared for Westmoreland County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Westmoreland County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Delmont

Delmont and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Murrysvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Salemmostly inland floodingVery low

Delmontmostly 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. Delmont covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Delmont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Delmont. 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 Delmont total about $419K 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.