Natural hazards · New Florence

New Florence, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Florence comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Florence?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding92%Everything else8%

By hazard

What New Florence faces

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

Inland flooding

92% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Florence flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in New Florence.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Westmoreland County.

Disasters that hit New Florence

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New FlorenceDeclared for Westmoreland County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Westmoreland County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

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 Florence is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Florence’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of New Florence. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.