FEMA expects less hazard damage per building in Belfast Township than in 98% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Belfast Township gets an A+ for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 98% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (70%), then hurricanes (18%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Belfast Township 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
Hurricanes
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.
What’s behind Belfast Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 70% of the building damage FEMA expects in Belfast Township, and Belfast Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 91% of U.S. census tracts. Next is hurricanes at 18% (higher than 80% of U.S. census tracts).
A+ lower expected damage per building than 98% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Belfast Township’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $371K a year in losses across Belfast Township: $290K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Belfast Township flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Belfast Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Belfast Township isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Fulton County.The storms Belfast Township remembers
None of the 13 disasters declared for Fulton County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Belfast Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Fulton County has had 13 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often winter storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Belfast Township and its neighbors
Belfast Township is 3rd of the 5 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Township | A+less damage than 98% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Bethel Township | A+less damage than 98% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Belfast Township | A+less damage than 98% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Licking Creek Township | Aless damage than 90% | river and rain flooding | 12 |
| Ayr Township | Aless damage than 89% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Brush Creek Township | — | 628 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Belfast Township faces
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.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- 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.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Belfast Township
Is Belfast Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Belfast Township has lower expected damage per building than 98% of U.S. towns: A+ for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (70%) and hurricanes (18%). The figures are for the one census tract the town shares with its neighbors. This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Belfast Township 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 Fulton County, 17% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.3% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Belfast Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Belfast Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Belfast Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (70%), and Belfast Township’s rate for it is lower than 91% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Belfast Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Belfast Township’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.