Natural hazards · Worth

Worth, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Worth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 28 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Worth?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Worth to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding93%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Worth faces

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

Inland flooding

93% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% 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 Worth flood?

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

28paid claims since 1979

$799Kpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $18K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Butler County.

Disasters that hit Worth

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Worth itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Worth.

Brought FEMA money into WorthDeclared for Butler County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances

1 household applied for aid

Butler County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Worth

Worth and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Worthmostly inland floodingHigh

West Libertymostly inland floodingHigh

Bradymostly inland floodingHigh

Slippery Rockmostly inland floodingLow

Muddy Creekmostly 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. Worth 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 Worth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Worth. 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.