Natural hazards · Edgeworth

Edgeworth, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edgeworth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1983.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edgeworth?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edgeworth to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding95%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Edgeworth faces

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

Inland flooding

95% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 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 Edgeworth flood?

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

1paid claims since 1983

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Allegheny County.

Disasters that hit Edgeworth

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdgeworthDeclared for Allegheny County only

Allegheny County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Edgeworth

Edgeworth and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Edgeworthmostly inland floodingVery high

Leetmostly inland floodingVery high

Leetsdalemostly inland floodingHigh

Sewickleymostly inland floodingHigh

Bell Acresmostly inland floodingModerate

Sewickley Heightsmostly inland floodingLow

Moonmostly 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. Edgeworth covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Edgeworth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Edgeworth. 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 Edgeworth total about $1.8M 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.