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Natural hazards · Augusta

Augusta, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Augusta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2013. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Augusta?

35
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Augusta to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Cold waves8%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Augusta faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Augusta flood?

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

5paid claims since 2013
$66Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
20132026

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. Augusta isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Oneida County.
Disasters that hit Augusta

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AugustaDeclared for Oneida County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$18K to the Town of Augusta for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$152K to the Town of Augusta for repairs
2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$10K to the Town of Augusta for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$35K to the Town of Augusta for repairs
2004

Snow

$7K to the Town of Augusta for repairs
2003

Ice Storm

$9K to the Town of Augusta for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$7K to the Town of Augusta for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

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

Augusta and the towns around it

Marshall: Low, mostly inland floodingVernon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStockbridge: Low, mostly inland floodingKirkland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOriskany Falls: Low, mostly inland floodingMadison: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSangerfield: Low, mostly inland floodingParis: Very low, mostly inland floodingOneida: High, mostly inland floodingSherrill: High, mostly inland floodingOneida Castle: Low, mostly inland floodingVerona: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestmoreland: Very low, mostly inland floodingSmithfield: Low, mostly inland floodingLincoln: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEaton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Hartford: Low, mostly inland floodingWhitestown: Low, mostly inland floodingHamilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: High, mostly inland floodingHamilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAugusta: Low, mostly inland flooding AugustaMarshallVernonStockbridgeKirklandOriskany FallsMadison
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Madisonmostly inland floodingModerate
Vernonmostly inland floodingModerate
Kirklandmostly inland floodingModerate
Augustamostly inland floodingLow
Oriskany Fallsmostly inland floodingLow
Marshallmostly inland floodingLow
Stockbridgemostly inland floodingLow
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. Augusta covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Augusta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Augusta. 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 Augusta total about $544K 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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