Natural hazards · Angola

Angola, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Angola comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Angola?

12
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Angola to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding70%Cold waves17%Tornadoes7%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Angola faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Angola flood?

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

13paid claims since 1979
$83Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Angola isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Erie County.
Disasters that hit Angola

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AngolaDeclared for Erie County only
2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$67K to the Village of Angola for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $95K aid approved $38K to the Village of Angola for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $11K to the Village of Angola for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the Village of Angola for repairs
2000

Snow

$2K to the Village of Angola for repairs
1999

Snow

$4K to the Village of Angola for repairs
Erie County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms 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. Angola covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Angola’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Angola. 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 Angola total about $379K 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.

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