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Monroeville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Monroeville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 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 Monroeville?

1
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Monroeville to be higher than in 1% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding67%Cold waves17%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Monroeville faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% 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 Monroeville flood?

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

29paid claims since 1979
$1.3Mpaid to owners
3homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 4 claims, $14K
  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $370

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. Monroeville 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 Monroeville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MonroevilleDeclared for Allegheny County only
2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

35 households applied for aid $75K aid approved
Allegheny County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Monroeville

Monroeville and the towns around it

Murrysville: Very low, mostly inland floodingPlum: Very low, mostly inland floodingPenn Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingTrafford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPenn: Very low, mostly inland floodingWilkins: Very low, mostly inland floodingTurtle Creek: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Versailles: Very low, mostly inland floodingWilmerding: Very high, mostly inland floodingWashington: Very low, mostly inland floodingDelmont: Very low, mostly inland floodingUpper Burrell: Very low, mostly inland floodingSalem: Very low, mostly inland floodingLower Burrell: Low, mostly inland floodingOakmont: High, mostly inland floodingSpringdale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHarmar: Low, mostly inland floodingCheswick: High, mostly inland floodingSpringdale: Low, mostly inland floodingPittsburgh: High, mostly inland floodingVerona: High, mostly inland floodingWilkinsburg: Very low, mostly inland floodingChurchill: Very low, mostly inland floodingBlawnox: Very high, mostly inland floodingO'Hara: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Huntingdon: Very low, mostly inland floodingHempfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingJeannette: Low, mostly inland floodingManor: Low, mostly inland floodingPenn: High, mostly inland floodingForest Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingChalfant: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorth Braddock: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Pittsburgh: Low, mostly inland floodingEast McKeesport: Low, mostly inland floodingWall: Very low, mostly inland floodingMcKeesport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDuquesne: Very low, mostly inland floodingWhite Oak: Low, mostly inland floodingMonroeville: Very low, mostly inland flooding MonroevilleMurrysvillePlumPenn HillsTraffordPennWilkinsTurtle CreekNorth VersaillesWilmerding
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Wilmerdingmostly inland floodingVery high
Turtle Creekmostly inland floodingHigh
Traffordmostly inland floodingModerate
Murrysvillemostly inland floodingVery low
North Versaillesmostly inland floodingVery low
Plummostly inland floodingVery low
Penn Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low
Pennmostly inland floodingVery low
Wilkinsmostly inland floodingVery low
Monroevillemostly 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. Monroeville covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Monroeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Monroeville. 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 Monroeville total about $4.3M 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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