FEMA puts Nanty-Glo’s expected hazard damage per building below that of 86% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Nanty-Glo gets an A for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 86% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (89%). Flood insurance has paid 19 claims here since 1978.
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 Nanty-Glo 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 Nanty-Glo’s grade
River and rain flooding is 89% of the building damage FEMA expects in Nanty-Glo, and Nanty-Glo’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 58% of U.S. census tracts.
A lower expected damage per building than 86% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Nanty-Glo’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $503K a year in losses across Nanty-Glo: $414K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Nanty-Glo flood? Sometimes: 19 flood claims since 1978
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Nanty-Glo, from FEMA’s records: 14.6 per 1,000 homes, more than 80% of the 13,809 U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
Nanty-Glo isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cambria County.The storms Nanty-Glo remembers
None of the 15 disasters declared for Cambria County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Nanty-Glo itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 19969 flood claims paidThe year of Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, declared for Cambria County
- 19973 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 19812 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
Cambria County has had 15 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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Nanty-Glo is 3rd of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | A+among the lowest damage | river and rain flooding | 3 |
| Blacklick Township | Aless damage than 92% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Nanty-Glo | Aless damage than 86% | river and rain flooding | 19 |
| Mundys Corner | — | a Census area inside a town; graded with the town | |
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 Nanty-Glo 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 Nanty-Glo
Is Nanty-Glo at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Nanty-Glo has lower expected damage per building than 86% of U.S. towns: A for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (89%). 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.
Does Nanty-Glo flood?
Flood insurance has paid 19 claims in Nanty-Glo since 1978, $80K in all, or 14.6 per 1,000 homes, more than 80% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record. 2 properties have flooded more than once.
Is Nanty-Glo 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 Cambria County, 15% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.6% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Nanty-Glo?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Nanty-Glo’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Nanty-Glo at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (89%), and Nanty-Glo’s rate for it is lower than 58% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Nanty-Glo.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Nanty-Glo’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.