Photo: Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands · CC BY 2.0Storms, floods and disasters in Lower Turkeyfoot Township
Lower Turkeyfoot Township isn’t graded for hazard risk: Lower Turkeyfoot Township has 470 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1996.
What Lower Turkeyfoot 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.
Does Lower Turkeyfoot Township flood? Rarely: 6 flood claims since 1996
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, from FEMA’s records.
Lower Turkeyfoot 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: Somerset County.The storms Lower Turkeyfoot Township remembers
None of the 17 disasters declared for Somerset County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Lower Turkeyfoot Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 19962 flood claims paidThe year of Severe Storms and Flooding, declared for Somerset County
- 20031 flood claims paidThe year of Snow, declared for Somerset County
- 20091 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
Somerset County has had 17 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often floods, then winter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Turkeyfoot Township | Aless damage than 86% | river and rain flooding | 3 |
| Henry Clay Township | A−less damage than 75% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Springfield Township | C+more damage than 63% | river and rain flooding | 8 |
| Addison Township | — | not graded yet | |
| Confluence | — | 577 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
| Ursina | — | 209 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
| Stewart Township | — | 613 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 Lower Turkeyfoot 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Lower Turkeyfoot Township
Does Lower Turkeyfoot Township flood?
Flood insurance has paid 6 claims in Lower Turkeyfoot Township since 1996, $162K in all.
Is Lower Turkeyfoot 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 Somerset County, 16% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.9% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Lower Turkeyfoot Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Lower Turkeyfoot Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Lower Turkeyfoot Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Lower Turkeyfoot 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.