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Natural hazards in Victory Township · FEMA

Storms, floods and disasters in Victory Township

Victory Township isn’t graded for hazard risk: Victory Township has 411 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.

Flood claims
0
paid since 1978 · $0
Disasters paid out here
0
of 12 declared for Venango County
By hazard

What Victory 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

89%of expected building damage
About average · lower than 51% of U.S. census tracts
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area
Smaller shares here
 Tornadoes Strong wind Hurricanes Earthquakes Hail Winter storms Wildfire Ice storms Lightning Cold waves Heat waves Landslides
FEMA models no building damage here
Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

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.

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Victory Township flood? No paid flood claims on record

FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Victory Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.

of homes in flood zones are insured
of all homes are insured
No community discount

Victory 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: Venango County.
Disasters

The storms Victory Township remembers

None of the 12 disasters declared for Venango County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Victory Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.

Disasters declared, by decade
Paid out in Victory TownshipVenango County only

Venango County has had 12 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.

Next door

Victory Township and its neighbors

How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.

Sandycreek Township: hazard risk B+Rockland Township: hazard risk C−Kennerdell: not gradedMineral Township: not gradedPolk: not gradedClinton Township: not gradedFrenchcreek Township: hazard risk C−Irwin Township: hazard risk A−Sandycreek TownshipRockland TownshipKennerdellMineral TownshipPolkClinton TownshipFrenchcreek TownshipIrwin TownshipVictory Township
Lowest fifthSecondMiddleFourthHighest fifth
TownHazard riskMostly (buildings)Flood claims
Irwin TownshipA−less damage than 78%river and rain flooding5
Sandycreek TownshipB+less damage than 68%river and rain flooding—
Frenchcreek TownshipC−more damage than 79%river and rain flooding—
Rockland TownshipC−more damage than 81%river and rain flooding3
Kennerdell—221 residents; we grade 1,000+
Mineral Township—472 residents; we grade 1,000+
Polk—615 residents; we grade 1,000+
Clinton Township—817 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.

Be ready

Get ready for what Victory 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.

When the river rises
  • 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.
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Before you buy or rent
  • 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.
When a storm is coming
Forecast and alertsWeather →911, the nearest ERSafety →

Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.

Questions about natural hazards in Victory Township

Is Victory 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 Venango County, 9% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.4% of all homes do.

How much is flood insurance in Victory Township?

FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Victory 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 Victory Township.

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Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Victory 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.