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Natural hazards · West Beaver

West Beaver, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Beaver comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

How exposed is West Beaver?

57
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Beaver to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Hurricanes9%Everything else14%
By hazard

What West Beaver faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 West Beaver flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in West Beaver.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. West Beaver isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Snyder County.
Disasters that hit West Beaver

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West BeaverDeclared for Snyder County only
Snyder County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.
Around West Beaver

West Beaver and the towns around it

McClure: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpring: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDecatur: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFayette: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Perry: Moderate, mostly inland floodingArmagh: High, mostly inland floodingAdams: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBeaver: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFermanagh: High, mostly inland floodingDerry: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWalker: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDelaware: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMonroe: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFranklin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPerry: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPotter: Low, mostly inland floodingHaines: High, mostly inland floodingHartley: High, mostly inland floodingGregg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Beaver: Moderate, mostly inland flooding West BeaverMcClureSpringDecaturFayetteWest PerryArmagh
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Armaghmostly inland floodingHigh
West Beavermostly inland floodingModerate
McCluremostly inland floodingModerate
Springmostly inland floodingModerate
Decaturmostly inland floodingModerate
Fayettemostly inland floodingModerate
West Perrymostly inland floodingModerate
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. West Beaver 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 West Beaver’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of West Beaver. 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.

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