Natural hazards · East Vandergrift

East Vandergrift, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Vandergrift comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Vandergrift?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Vandergrift to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding93%Everything else7%

By hazard

What East Vandergrift 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 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 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 East Vandergrift flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. East Vandergrift 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 East Vandergrift

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into East VandergriftDeclared for Westmoreland County only

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

Around East Vandergrift

East Vandergrift and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

North Apollomostly inland floodingVery high

East Vandergriftmostly inland floodingHigh

Vandergriftmostly inland floodingHigh

Alleghenymostly inland floodingLow

Oklahomamostly inland floodingLow

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