Natural hazards · Tyrone

Tyrone, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tyrone comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 83 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tyrone?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tyrone to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Tyrone faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Tyrone flood?

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

83paid claims since 1979

$732Kpaid to owners

6homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 56 claims, $605K

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. Tyrone isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Blair County.

Disasters that hit Tyrone

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TyroneDeclared for Blair County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

200 households applied for aid $437K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

33 households applied for aid $71K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

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

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. Tyrone covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tyrone’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Tyrone. 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 Tyrone total about $2.7M 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.