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Natural hazards · Barre

Barre, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barre comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2021. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Barre?

10
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barre to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Hail10%Strong wind8%Cold waves5%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Barre faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Barre flood?

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

2paid claims since 2021
$48Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20212026

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarreDeclared for Orleans County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$11K to the Town of Barre for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$45K to the Town of Barre for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Barre for repairs
2003

Ice Storm

$6K to the Town of Barre for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Barre for repairs
1999

Snow

$27K to the Town of Barre for repairs
Orleans County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Barre

Barre and the towns around it

Albion: Very low, mostly inland floodingClarendon: Very low, mostly inland floodingOakfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingElba: Very low, mostly inland floodingShelby: Very low, mostly inland floodingAlabama: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGaines: Very low, mostly inland floodingRidgeway: Very low, mostly inland floodingMurray: Very low, mostly inland floodingHolley: Very low, mostly inland floodingByron: Very low, mostly inland floodingSweden: Very low, mostly inland floodingBatavia: Low, mostly inland floodingStafford: Very low, mostly inland floodingRoyalton: Very low, mostly inland floodingPembroke: Low, mostly inland floodingNewstead: Low, mostly inland floodingBarre: Very low, mostly inland flooding BarreAlbionClarendonOakfieldElbaShelbyAlabama
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Alabamamostly inland floodingModerate
Shelbymostly inland floodingVery low
Barremostly inland floodingVery low
Clarendonmostly inland floodingVery low
Oakfieldmostly inland floodingVery low
Elbamostly inland floodingVery low
Albionmostly 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. Barre covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barre’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Barre. 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 Barre total about $360K 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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