Natural hazards · Tarrytown

Tarrytown, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tarrytown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Tarrytown?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tarrytown to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding35%Hurricanes18%Tornadoes15%Drought13%Heat waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Tarrytown faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

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 Tarrytown flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Tarrytown.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Tarrytown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

Disasters that hit Tarrytown

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Tarrytown itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Tarrytown.

Brought FEMA money into TarrytownDeclared for Montgomery County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

285 households applied for aid $334K aid approved

Montgomery County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Tarrytown is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tarrytown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Tarrytown. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.