Natural hazards · Antwerp

Antwerp, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Antwerp comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 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 Antwerp?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Antwerp to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Antwerp faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% 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 Antwerp flood?

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

5paid claims since 1993

$33Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19932026

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Antwerp 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 Antwerp

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AntwerpDeclared for Jefferson County only

2024

Remnants of Tropical Storm Debby

$113K to the Town of Antwerp for repairs

1999

Snow

$8K to the Town of Antwerp for repairs

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

Around Antwerp

Antwerp and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wilnamostly inland floodingHigh

Antwerpmostly inland floodingHigh

Theresamostly inland floodingHigh

Fowlermostly inland floodingModerate

Philadelphiamostly inland floodingModerate

Dianamostly inland floodingModerate

Rossiemostly inland floodingModerate

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. Antwerp covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Antwerp’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Antwerp. 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 Antwerp 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.