Natural hazards · Scott

Scott, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scott comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 218 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scott?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scott to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Cold waves13%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Scott faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% 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 Scott flood?

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

218paid claims since 1978

$7.8Mpaid to owners

32homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 84 claims, $5.7M
Tropical Storm Ivan: 18 claims, $622K
Hurricane Ida: 3 claims, $22K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (6) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Scott 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 Scott

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScottDeclared for Allegheny County only

Allegheny County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Scott

Scott and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Heidelbergmostly inland floodingHigh

Pittsburghmostly inland floodingHigh

Carnegiemostly inland floodingModerate

Bridgevillemostly inland floodingModerate

Rosslyn Farmsmostly inland floodingLow

Colliermostly inland floodingVery low

Scottmostly inland floodingVery low

Upper St. Clairmostly inland floodingVery low

Mount Lebanonmostly inland floodingVery low

Green Treemostly 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. Scott covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Scott’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Scott. 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 Scott total about $3.4M 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.