Natural hazards · West Perry

West Perry, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Perry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1999.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Perry?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Perry to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Hurricanes10%Everything else17%

By hazard

What West Perry faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 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 Perry flood?

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

1paid claims since 1999

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. West Perry 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 Perry

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West PerryDeclared for Snyder County only

Snyder County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around West Perry

West Perry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Springmostly inland floodingModerate

West Beavermostly inland floodingModerate

Monroemostly inland floodingModerate

Fayettemostly inland floodingModerate

Franklinmostly inland floodingModerate

West Perrymostly inland floodingModerate

Beavermostly inland floodingModerate

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 Perry 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 Perry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of West Perry. 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.