Natural hazards · Wattsburg

Wattsburg, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wattsburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wattsburg?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wattsburg to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding90%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Wattsburg 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 92% 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 Wattsburg flood?

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

1paid claims since 1979

$12paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Erie County.

Disasters that hit Wattsburg

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WattsburgDeclared for Erie County only

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

Around Wattsburg

Wattsburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wattsburgmostly inland floodingHigh

Venangomostly inland floodingHigh

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. Wattsburg 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 Wattsburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Wattsburg. 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.