Natural hazards · West Falls

West Falls, PA natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Falls?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Falls to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What West Falls faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 West Falls flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wyoming County.

Disasters that hit West Falls

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West FallsDeclared for Wyoming County only

Wyoming County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around West Falls

West Falls and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Northmorelandmostly inland floodingVery high

West Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh

Exetermostly inland floodingHigh

Fallsmostly 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. West Falls 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 Falls’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to West Falls. 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.