Natural hazards · Alexandria

Alexandria, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alexandria comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1993. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alexandria?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alexandria to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Alexandria faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Alexandria flood?

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

4paid claims since 1993

$33Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Alexandria

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlexandriaDeclared for Jefferson County only

2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Alexandria for repairs

1999

Snow

$7K to the Town of Alexandria for repairs

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

Around Alexandria

Alexandria and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Theresamostly inland floodingHigh

Hammondmostly inland floodingModerate

Redwoodmostly inland floodingLow

Alexandriamostly inland floodingLow

Orleansmostly 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. Alexandria covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Alexandria’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Alexandria. 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 Alexandria total about $1.4M 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.