Natural hazards · New Eagle

New Eagle, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Eagle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2000. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Eagle?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Eagle to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding95%Everything else6%

By hazard

What New Eagle faces

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

Inland flooding

95% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Eagle flood?

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

3paid claims since 2000

$10Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20002026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $6K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. New Eagle isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit New Eagle

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New EagleDeclared for Washington County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

12 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

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

Around New Eagle

New Eagle and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Monongahelamostly inland floodingVery high

New Eaglemostly inland floodingVery high

Forwardmostly inland floodingHigh

Unionmostly inland floodingLow

Carrollmostly inland floodingLow

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 Eagle covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Eagle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of New Eagle. 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 Eagle total about $771K 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.