Natural hazards · West Wheatfield

West Wheatfield, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Wheatfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1997.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Wheatfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding76%Cold waves6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What West Wheatfield faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Wheatfield flood?

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

1paid claims since 1997

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19972026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Indiana County.

Disasters that hit West Wheatfield

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West WheatfieldDeclared for Indiana County only

Indiana County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around West Wheatfield

West Wheatfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

St. Clairmostly inland floodingModerate

Fairfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Bolivarmostly inland floodingModerate

West Wheatfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Brush Valleymostly inland floodingLow

Centermostly inland floodingLow

East Wheatfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

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