Natural hazards · Hampton

Hampton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hampton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 89 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hampton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hampton to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Cold waves15%Tornadoes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Hampton faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Hampton flood?

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

89paid claims since 1979

$2.3Mpaid to owners

9homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 25 claims, $915K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Hampton 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 Hampton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HamptonDeclared for Allegheny County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Hampton

Hampton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Shalermostly inland floodingVery low

Indianamostly inland floodingVery low

West Deermostly inland floodingVery low

Hamptonmostly inland floodingVery low

Richlandmostly inland floodingVery low

McCandlessmostly 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. Hampton covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hampton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Hampton. 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 Hampton total about $3.3M 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.