Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Storms, floods and disasters in Uniontown
Uniontown isn’t graded for hazard risk: Uniontown has 874 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011.
What Uniontown faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Earthquakes
Strong wind
Ice storms
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Uniontown flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 2011
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Uniontown, from FEMA’s records.
- The Mid-spring storms1 claim · $3K
Uniontown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Union County.3 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Uniontown
Disasters that paid out in Uniontown itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Uniontown), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2025Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes10 households applied for aid$29K aid approved
- 2024Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Landslides, and Mudslides9 households applied for aid$54K aid approved
- 2011Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding17 households applied for aid$151K aid approved1 flood claim paid that year
Union County has had 22 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Trim dead limbs over the house and driveway.
- Tie down trash cans and outdoor furniture.
- Stay clear of downed lines and call the utility.
- Ice brings down trees and lines: plan for days without power.
- Run a generator outside, far from doors and windows.
- Keep sand or salt by the door.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Uniontown
Does Uniontown flood?
Flood insurance has paid 1 claim in Uniontown since 2011, $3K in all. The most claims came from Mid-spring storms (1).
Is Uniontown in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Union County, 6% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Uniontown?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Uniontown’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Uniontown?
By FEMA money that reached Uniontown, Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding (2011): 17 households applied for aid, $151K approved. By flood claims, Mid-spring storms: 1 paid, $3K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Uniontown.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Uniontown’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.