Natural hazards · Arkwright

Arkwright, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arkwright comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arkwright?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arkwright to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Arkwright 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 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times 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 Arkwright flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chautauqua County.

Disasters that hit Arkwright

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArkwrightDeclared for Chautauqua County only

2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$26K to the Town of Arkwright for repairs

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$46K to the Town of Arkwright for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$118K to the Town of Arkwright for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Arkwright for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$33K to the Town of Arkwright for repairs

2001

Snow

$17K to the Town of Arkwright for repairs

2000

Snow

$4K to the Town of Arkwright for repairs

1999

Snow

$5K to the Town of Arkwright for repairs

Chautauqua County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Arkwright

Arkwright and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Stocktonmostly inland floodingHigh

Arkwrightmostly inland floodingModerate

Villenovamostly inland floodingModerate

Charlottemostly inland floodingModerate

Hanovermostly inland floodingModerate

Pomfretmostly inland floodingLow

Sheridanmostly 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. Arkwright is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

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

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.