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Natural hazards · McKeesport

McKeesport, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McKeesport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is McKeesport?

58
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McKeesport to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Cold waves7%Everything else5%
By hazard

What McKeesport faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% 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 McKeesport flood?

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

30paid claims since 1978
$462Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $6K

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. McKeesport 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 McKeesport

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McKeesportDeclared for Allegheny County only
2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
Allegheny County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around McKeesport

McKeesport and the towns around it

White Oak: Low, mostly inland floodingPort Vue: High, mostly inland floodingVersailles: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Versailles: Very low, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDuquesne: Very low, mostly inland floodingWest Mifflin: Very low, mostly inland floodingDravosburg: High, mostly inland floodingGlassport: Very high, mostly inland floodingElizabeth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSouth Versailles: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Huntingdon: Very low, mostly inland floodingLincoln: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast McKeesport: Low, mostly inland floodingWall: Very low, mostly inland floodingMonroeville: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorth Braddock: Low, mostly inland floodingWilmerding: Very high, mostly inland floodingEast Pittsburgh: Low, mostly inland floodingTrafford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTurtle Creek: High, mostly inland floodingMunhall: Very low, mostly inland floodingPittsburgh: High, mostly inland floodingBaldwin: Very low, mostly inland floodingJefferson Hills: Low, mostly inland floodingWhitaker: Very low, mostly inland floodingPleasant Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingBraddock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingClairton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingForward: High, mostly inland floodingSewickley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElizabeth: Very high, mostly inland floodingSutersville: High, mostly inland floodingRostraver: Low, mostly inland floodingMcKeesport: Moderate, mostly inland flooding McKeesportWhite OakPort VueVersaillesNorth VersaillesLibertyDuquesneWest MifflinDravosburgGlassportElizabeth
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Glassportmostly inland floodingVery high
Dravosburgmostly inland floodingHigh
Versaillesmostly inland floodingHigh
Port Vuemostly inland floodingHigh
McKeesportmostly inland floodingModerate
Elizabethmostly inland floodingModerate
Libertymostly inland floodingModerate
White Oakmostly inland floodingLow
Duquesnemostly inland floodingVery low
North Versaillesmostly inland floodingVery low
West Mifflinmostly 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. McKeesport covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to McKeesport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of McKeesport. 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 McKeesport total about $6.9M 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.

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