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Natural hazards · Arietta

Arietta, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arietta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Arietta?

44
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arietta to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Cold waves5%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Arietta faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Arietta flood?

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AriettaDeclared for Hamilton County only
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$123K to the Town of Arietta for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$109K to the Town of Arietta for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Arietta for repairs
Hamilton County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Arietta

Arietta and the towns around it

Long Lake: High, mostly inland floodingMorehouse: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLake Pleasant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCaroga: Moderate, mostly inland floodingIndian Lake: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWells: Very high, mostly inland floodingStratford: High, mostly inland floodingSpeculator: Moderate, mostly inland floodingInlet: High, mostly inland floodingNewcomb: High, mostly inland floodingWebb: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMinerva: High, mostly inland floodingTupper Lake: High, mostly inland floodingColton: Low, mostly inland floodingPiercefield: Low, mostly inland floodingHarrietstown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOhio: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSalisbury: Low, mostly inland floodingBleecker: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJohnstown: Low, mostly inland floodingEphratah: High, mostly inland floodingJohnsburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHope: Very high, mostly inland floodingBenson: Very high, mostly inland floodingStony Creek: High, mostly inland floodingOppenheim: High, mostly inland floodingArietta: Moderate, mostly inland flooding AriettaLong LakeMorehouseLake PleasantCarogaIndian LakeWellsStratfordSpeculatorInlet
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Wellsmostly inland floodingVery high
Stratfordmostly inland floodingHigh
Long Lakemostly inland floodingHigh
Inletmostly inland floodingHigh
Carogamostly inland floodingModerate
Indian Lakemostly inland floodingModerate
Ariettamostly inland floodingModerate
Morehousemostly inland floodingModerate
Lake Pleasantmostly inland floodingModerate
Speculatormostly 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. Arietta covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Arietta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Arietta. 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 Arietta total about $1.3M 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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