Natural hazards · North Strabane

North Strabane, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Strabane comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2004.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Strabane?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Strabane to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What North Strabane faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% 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 North Strabane flood?

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

4paid claims since 2004

$107Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 2 claims, $56K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. North Strabane 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 North Strabane

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Washington County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching North Strabane itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into North StrabaneDeclared for Washington County only

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

Around North Strabane

North Strabane and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Houstonmostly inland floodingHigh

Canonsburgmostly inland floodingLow

Nottinghammostly inland floodingLow

Chartiersmostly inland floodingLow

Somersetmostly inland floodingLow

Cecilmostly inland floodingVery low

North Strabanemostly inland floodingVery low

Petersmostly inland floodingVery low

South Strabanemostly 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. North Strabane covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to North Strabane’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of North Strabane. 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 North Strabane total about $2.9M 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.