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North Versailles, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Versailles comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 22 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is North Versailles?

10
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Versailles to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding72%Cold waves16%Everything else12%
By hazard

What North Versailles faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 North Versailles flood?

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

22paid claims since 1978
$124Kpaid to owners
5homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 2 claims, $8K

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. North Versailles isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Allegheny County.
Disasters that hit North Versailles

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in North Versailles itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of North Versailles.

Brought FEMA money into North VersaillesDeclared for Allegheny County only
2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

10 households applied for aid $19K aid approved
Allegheny County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around North Versailles

North Versailles and the towns around it

East McKeesport: Low, mostly inland floodingWall: Very low, mostly inland floodingMonroeville: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorth Braddock: Low, mostly inland floodingWilmerding: Very high, mostly inland floodingEast Pittsburgh: Low, mostly inland floodingMcKeesport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTrafford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDuquesne: Very low, mostly inland floodingWhite Oak: Low, mostly inland floodingTurtle Creek: High, mostly inland floodingMurrysville: Very low, mostly inland floodingPlum: Very low, mostly inland floodingPenn Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingPenn: Very low, mostly inland floodingWilkins: Very low, mostly inland floodingBraddock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBraddock Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingForest Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingRankin: Low, mostly inland floodingSwissvale: Very low, mostly inland floodingPort Vue: High, mostly inland floodingVersailles: High, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Mifflin: Very low, mostly inland floodingDravosburg: High, mostly inland floodingGlassport: Very high, mostly inland floodingElizabeth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Huntingdon: Very low, mostly inland floodingSouth Versailles: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Versailles: Very low, mostly inland flooding North VersaillesEast McKeesportWallMonroevilleNorth BraddockWilmerdingEast PittsburghMcKeesportTraffordDuquesneWhite OakTurtle Creek
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Wilmerdingmostly inland floodingVery high
Turtle Creekmostly inland floodingHigh
McKeesportmostly inland floodingModerate
Traffordmostly inland floodingModerate
East Pittsburghmostly inland floodingLow
North Braddockmostly inland floodingLow
White Oakmostly inland floodingLow
East McKeesportmostly inland floodingLow
Duquesnemostly inland floodingVery low
North Versaillesmostly inland floodingVery low
Wallmostly inland floodingVery low
Monroevillemostly 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 Versailles covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to North Versailles’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of North Versailles. 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 Versailles total about $1.7M 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.

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