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Natural hazards · Barrington

Barrington, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barrington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Barrington?

58
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barrington to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Barrington faces

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

Inland flooding

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

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Barrington flood?

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

7paid claims since 1978
$33Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Barrington isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Yates County.
Disasters that hit Barrington

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarringtonDeclared for Yates County only
2021

Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred

$190K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$175K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2011

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

$98K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$151K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$326K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2003

Ice Storm

$18K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$120K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
Yates County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.
Around Barrington

Barrington and the towns around it

Milo: High, mostly inland floodingStarkey: Low, mostly inland floodingTyrone: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJerusalem: High, mostly inland floodingWayne: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBenton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTorrey: Low, mostly inland floodingPenn Yan: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLodi: Very low, mostly inland floodingHector: Low, mostly inland floodingReading: Very low, mostly inland floodingOrange: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPulteney: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPotter: High, mostly inland floodingItaly: High, mostly inland floodingUrbana: High, mostly inland floodingBradford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBarrington: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BarringtonMiloStarkeyTyroneJerusalemWayne
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Milomostly inland floodingHigh
Jerusalemmostly inland floodingHigh
Barringtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Tyronemostly inland floodingModerate
Waynemostly inland floodingModerate
Starkeymostly 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. Barrington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barrington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Barrington. 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 Barrington total about $1.2M 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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