Natural hazards · Farrell

Farrell, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Farrell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1990. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Farrell?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Farrell to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Farrell faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% 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 Farrell flood?

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

2paid claims since 1990

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mercer County.

Disasters that hit Farrell

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FarrellDeclared for Mercer County only

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

29 households applied for aid $53K aid approved

Mercer County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Farrell

Farrell and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sharonmostly inland floodingLow

Farrellmostly inland floodingVery low

Hermitagemostly 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. Farrell covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Farrell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Farrell. 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 Farrell total about $1.1M 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.