Natural hazards · Pittsfield

Pittsfield, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pittsfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pittsfield?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pittsfield to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Pittsfield faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Pittsfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Warren County.

Disasters that hit Pittsfield

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PittsfieldDeclared for Warren County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $622 aid approved

Warren County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Pittsfield

Pittsfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brokenstrawmostly inland floodingVery high

Deerfieldmostly inland floodingVery high

Pittsfieldmostly inland floodingVery high

Spring Creekmostly inland floodingVery high

Freeholdmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Pittsfield. 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.