Natural hazards · Leechburg

Leechburg, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leechburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 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 Leechburg?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leechburg to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding94%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Leechburg faces

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

Inland flooding

94% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 Leechburg flood?

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

6paid claims since 1979

$41Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 4 claims, $39K
Not a named storm: 2 claims, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Armstrong County.

Disasters that hit Leechburg

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeechburgDeclared for Armstrong County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

75 households applied for aid $182K aid approved

Armstrong County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Leechburg

Leechburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Leechburgmostly inland floodingVery high

Gilpinmostly inland floodingHigh

West Leechburgmostly inland floodingLow

Hyde Parkmostly inland floodingLow

Alleghenymostly inland floodingLow

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. Leechburg covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Leechburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Leechburg. 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 Leechburg 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.