Natural hazards · West Shenango

West Shenango, PA natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Shenango?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Shenango to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%

By hazard

What West Shenango faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% 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 West Shenango flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

Disasters that hit West Shenango

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West ShenangoDeclared for Crawford County only

Crawford County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around West Shenango

West Shenango and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greenemostly inland floodingModerate

West Shenangomostly inland floodingLow

South Shenangomostly inland floodingLow

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