Natural hazards · Barker

Barker, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1982. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barker?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barker to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Tornadoes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Barker faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 88 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Barker flood?

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

5paid claims since 1982

$50Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 3 claims, $38K
Torrential rain: 1 claim, $11K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Broome County.

Disasters that hit Barker

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarkerDeclared for Broome County only

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$122K to the Town of Barker for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$29K to the Town of Barker for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$105K to the Town of Barker for repairs

2003

Snow

$5K to the Town of Barker for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$15K to the Town of Barker for repairs

Broome County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Barker

Barker and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Nanticokemostly inland floodingHigh

Mainemostly inland floodingHigh

Greenemostly inland floodingHigh

Barkermostly inland floodingHigh

Chenangomostly inland floodingModerate

Fentonmostly inland floodingModerate

Trianglemostly 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. Barker covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barker’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Barker. 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 Barker total about $867K 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.