Natural hazards · New Beaver

New Beaver, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Beaver comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1994.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Beaver?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Beaver to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else10%

By hazard

What New Beaver faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% 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 New Beaver flood?

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

4paid claims since 1994

$22Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19942026

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. New Beaver isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit New Beaver

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into New BeaverDeclared for Lawrence County only

Lawrence County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around New Beaver

New Beaver and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Beavermostly inland floodingHigh

Wampummostly inland floodingHigh

Waynemostly inland floodingHigh

Little Beavermostly inland floodingModerate

North Sewickleymostly inland floodingModerate

Big Beavermostly 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. New Beaver covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Beaver’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of New Beaver. 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 New Beaver total about $678K 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.