Natural hazards · Shaler

Shaler, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shaler comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 228 claims here since 1980.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shaler?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shaler to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Cold waves14%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Shaler faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% 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 Shaler flood?

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

228paid claims since 1980

$4.1Mpaid to owners

18homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 83 claims, $3.0M
Hurricane Ida: 5 claims, $77K

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

🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Shaler is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Allegheny County.

Disasters that hit Shaler

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShalerDeclared for Allegheny County only

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

Around Shaler

Shaler and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sharpsburgmostly inland floodingVery high

Millvalemostly inland floodingVery high

Etnamostly inland floodingHigh

Reservemostly inland floodingHigh

Pittsburghmostly inland floodingHigh

O'Haramostly inland floodingModerate

Shalermostly inland floodingVery low

Rossmostly inland floodingVery low

Indianamostly inland floodingVery low

Hamptonmostly 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. Shaler covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Shaler’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Shaler. 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 Shaler total about $5.3M 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.