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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 moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 2000.

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

How exposed is Shenango?

48
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shenango to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%
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

88% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 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?

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

9paid claims since 2000
$65Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20002026

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. 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: Lawrence County.
Disasters that hit Shenango

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShenangoDeclared for Lawrence County only
Lawrence County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Shenango

Shenango and the towns around it

New Castle: High, mostly inland floodingSouth New Castle: High, mostly inland floodingSlippery Rock: Low, mostly inland floodingTaylor: High, mostly inland floodingHickory: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Beaver: Low, mostly inland floodingNeshannock: Low, mostly inland floodingUnion: Low, mostly inland floodingPerry: High, mostly inland floodingScott: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWayne: High, mostly inland floodingWilmington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWashington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingShenango: Moderate, mostly inland flooding ShenangoNew CastleSouth New CastleSlippery RockTaylorHickory
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
New Castlemostly inland floodingHigh
South New Castlemostly inland floodingHigh
Taylormostly inland floodingHigh
Shenangomostly inland floodingModerate
Hickorymostly inland floodingModerate
Slippery Rockmostly inland floodingLow
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 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Shenango’s own flood-insurance community