Natural hazards · Vanport

Vanport, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vanport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2007. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vanport?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vanport to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Vanport 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

Above average · higher than 59% 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 Vanport flood?

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

1paid claims since 2007

$26Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Beaver County.

Disasters that hit Vanport

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VanportDeclared for Beaver County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $26K aid approved

Beaver County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Vanport

Vanport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Industrymostly inland floodingModerate

Beavermostly inland floodingLow

Vanportmostly inland floodingLow

Brightonmostly inland floodingVery low

Pottermostly 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. Vanport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vanport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Vanport. 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 Vanport total about $474K 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.