Natural hazards · Lawrence Park

Lawrence Park, PA natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lawrence Park?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lawrence Park to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Strong wind5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Lawrence Park faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lawrence Park flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Lawrence Park.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Erie County.

Disasters that hit Lawrence Park

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lawrence ParkDeclared for Erie County only

Erie County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Lawrence Park

Lawrence Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lawrence Parkmostly inland floodingLow

Wesleyvillemostly inland floodingLow

Harborcreekmostly inland floodingVery low

Northwest Harborcreekmostly inland floodingVery low

Eriemostly 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. Lawrence Park covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lawrence Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Lawrence Park. 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 Lawrence Park total about $612K 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.