Natural hazards · Airmont

Airmont, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Airmont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Airmont?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Airmont to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves10%Earthquakes8%Strong wind7%Tornadoes6%Heat waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Airmont faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Airmont flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Airmont, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2011

$18Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rockland County.

Disasters that hit Airmont

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AirmontDeclared for Rockland County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Village of Airmont for repairs

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

31 households applied for aid $93K aid approved $46K to the Village of Airmont for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

160 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $20K to the Village of Airmont for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

39 households applied for aid $97K aid approved

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the Village of Airmont for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

14 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$24K to the Village of Airmont for repairs

Rockland County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Airmont

Airmont and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Suffernmostly inland floodingModerate

Chestnut Ridgemostly inland floodingVery low

Monseymostly inland floodingVery low

Montebellomostly inland floodingVery low

Airmontmostly inland floodingVery low

Violamostly inland floodingVery low

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. Airmont covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Airmont total about $1.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.