Photo: Nyttend · Public domainStorms, floods and disasters in Connoquenessing
Connoquenessing isn’t graded for hazard risk: Connoquenessing has 687 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2024.
What Connoquenessing 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
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 Connoquenessing flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 2024
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Connoquenessing, from FEMA’s records.
Connoquenessing 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.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Connoquenessing
Disasters that paid out in Connoquenessing itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Borough of Connoquenessing), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2004Tropical Depression Ivan2 households applied for aid$10K aid approved
Butler County has had 8 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often floods, then hurricanes and tropical storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connoquenessing Township | A+less damage than 96% | river and rain flooding | 2 |
| Forward Township | C+more damage than 65% | river and rain flooding | 160 |
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 Connoquenessing 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.
- 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 Connoquenessing
Does Connoquenessing flood?
Flood insurance has paid 1 claim in Connoquenessing since 2024, $36K in all.
Is Connoquenessing 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 Butler County, 20% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.5% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Connoquenessing?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Connoquenessing’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 Connoquenessing?
By FEMA money that reached Connoquenessing, Tropical Depression Ivan (2004): 2 households applied for aid, $10K approved.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Connoquenessing.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Connoquenessing’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.