Natural hazards · New Brighton

New Brighton, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Brighton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1989. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Brighton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Brighton to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What New Brighton 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 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Brighton flood?

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

17paid claims since 1989

$209Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19892026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 4 claims, $89K

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

Insurance rates: Beaver County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit New Brighton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New BrightonDeclared for Beaver County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

22 households applied for aid $82K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

8 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

Beaver County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around New Brighton

New Brighton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fallstonmostly inland floodingHigh

New Brightonmostly inland floodingModerate

Beaver Fallsmostly inland floodingLow

Patterson Heightsmostly inland floodingLow

Pattersonmostly inland floodingLow

Daughertymostly inland floodingLow

Pulaskimostly inland floodingVery low

Rochestermostly 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 Brighton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Brighton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of New Brighton. 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 Brighton total about $666K 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.