Natural hazards · Shenango

Shenango, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shenango comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shenango?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shenango to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding90%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Shenango faces

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

Inland flooding

90% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times 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 Shenango flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mercer County.

Disasters that hit Shenango

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShenangoDeclared for Mercer County only

Mercer County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Shenango

Shenango and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Shenangomostly inland floodingHigh

Pulaskimostly inland floodingModerate

Wilmingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Lackawannockmostly inland floodingLow

Hermitagemostly inland floodingVery low

Hubbardmostly 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. Shenango covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Shenango’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Shenango. 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 Shenango total about $2.2M 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.