Natural hazards · Industry

Industry, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Industry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Industry?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Industry to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Industry faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Industry flood?

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

14paid claims since 1978

$62Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $7K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Beaver County.

Disasters that hit Industry

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into IndustryDeclared for Beaver County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

9 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

2 households applied for aid

Beaver County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Industry

Industry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Industrymostly inland floodingModerate

Vanportmostly inland floodingLow

Midlandmostly inland floodingLow

Ohiovillemostly inland floodingLow

Shippingportmostly inland floodingVery low

Brightonmostly inland floodingVery low

Pottermostly 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. Industry covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Industry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Industry. 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 Industry total about $769K 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.