Natural hazards · Marshall

Marshall, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marshall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2004.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marshall?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marshall to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Cold waves10%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Marshall faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Marshall flood?

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

5paid claims since 2004

$98Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 2 claims, $6K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Marshall 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 Marshall

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarshallDeclared for Allegheny County only

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

Around Marshall

Marshall and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Economymostly inland floodingLow

Cranberrymostly inland floodingVery low

Marshallmostly inland floodingVery low

Franklin Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Bradford Woodsmostly inland floodingVery low

Pinemostly 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. Marshall covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marshall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Marshall. 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 Marshall total about $2.5M 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.