Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFEMA expects less hazard damage per building in Daugherty Township than in 79% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Daugherty Township gets an A− for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 79% of U.S. towns, #404 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (91%). 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 Daugherty 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
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 Daugherty Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 91% of the building damage FEMA expects in Daugherty Township, and Daugherty Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 50% of U.S. census tracts.
A− #404 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania; lower expected damage per building than 79% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Daugherty Township’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
The typical Pennsylvania town has lower expected damage than 71% of U.S. towns; within the state, Daugherty Township has less expected damage per building than 61% of Pennsylvania towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $476K a year in losses across Daugherty Township: $426K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Daugherty Township flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Daugherty Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Daugherty 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: Beaver County.The storms Daugherty Township remembers
None of the 12 disasters declared for Beaver County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Daugherty Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Beaver County has had 12 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.
Daugherty Township and its neighbors
Daugherty Township is 4th of the 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Township | A+less damage than 97% | river and rain flooding | 3 |
| New Sewickley Township | Aless damage than 92% | river and rain flooding | 2 |
| Pulaski Township | Aless damage than 91% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Daugherty Township | A−less damage than 79% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Beaver Falls | Bless damage than 59% | river and rain flooding | 5 |
| North Sewickley Township | B−less damage than 54% | river and rain flooding | 127 |
| New Brighton | Cmore damage than 72% | river and rain flooding | 17 |
| Eastvale | — | 151 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 Daugherty 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.
- 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 Daugherty Township
Is Daugherty Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Daugherty Township has lower expected damage per building than 79% of U.S. towns: A− for hazard risk, #404 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (91%). 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 Daugherty 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 Beaver County, 20% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.3% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Daugherty Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Daugherty Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Daugherty Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (91%), and Daugherty Township’s rate for it is higher than 50% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Daugherty Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Daugherty 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.