Natural hazards · Valencia

Valencia, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Valencia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1985. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Valencia?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Valencia to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Tornadoes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Valencia faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Valencia flood?

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

2paid claims since 1985

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Butler County.

Disasters that hit Valencia

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ValenciaDeclared for Butler County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

18 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

Butler County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Valencia

Valencia and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Adamsmostly inland floodingVery low

Valenciamostly 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. Valencia is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Valencia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Valencia. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.