Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFEMA puts Pulaski Township’s expected hazard damage per building below that of 91% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Pulaski Township gets an A for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 91% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (90%). Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1980.
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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 90% of the building damage FEMA expects in Pulaski Township, and Pulaski Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 65% of U.S. census tracts.
A lower expected damage per building than 91% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Pulaski Township’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $229K a year in losses across Pulaski Township: $208K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Pulaski Township flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 1980
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Pulaski Township, from FEMA’s records: 1.4 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 70% of the 13,809 U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
Pulaski 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 Pulaski Township remembers
None of the 12 disasters declared for Beaver County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Pulaski Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 19801 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
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.
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Add to the Pulaski Township archive →Pulaski Township and its neighbors
Pulaski Township is 2nd of the 4 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 |
| Pulaski Township | Aless damage than 91% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Daugherty Township | A−less damage than 79% | river and rain flooding | — |
| New Brighton | Cmore damage than 72% | river and rain flooding | 17 |
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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski Township
Is Pulaski Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Pulaski Township has lower expected damage per building than 91% of U.S. towns: A for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (90%). 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 Pulaski Township flood?
Flood insurance has paid 1 claim in Pulaski Township since 1980, $238 in all, or 1.4 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 70% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
Is Pulaski 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 Pulaski Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Pulaski Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Pulaski Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (90%), and Pulaski Township’s rate for it is lower than 65% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Pulaski Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Pulaski 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.