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Barton, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 65 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Barton?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barton to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Tornadoes5%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Barton faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

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 Barton flood?

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

65paid claims since 1978
$1.3Mpaid to owners
11homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Lee: 13 claims, $705K
  • Torrential rain: 4 claims, $139K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

12flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Barton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BartonDeclared for Tioga County only
2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

164 households applied for aid $684K aid approved $163K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2011

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

$28K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

34 households applied for aid $76K aid approved $445K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $16K aid approved $32K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

$4K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$13K to the Town of Barton for repairs
Tioga County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Barton

Barton and the towns around it

Van Etten: High, mostly inland floodingNichols: High, mostly inland floodingTioga: High, mostly inland floodingChemung: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWaverly: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBaldwin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpencer: High, mostly inland floodingCayuta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingErin: High, mostly inland floodingNewfield: High, mostly inland floodingOwego: High, mostly inland floodingOwego: Very high, mostly inland floodingCandor: High, mostly inland floodingAshland: High, mostly inland floodingElmira: High, mostly inland floodingDanby: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBarton: High, mostly inland flooding BartonVan EttenNicholsTiogaChemungWaverlyBaldwinSpencer
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Spencermostly inland floodingHigh
Van Ettenmostly inland floodingHigh
Bartonmostly inland floodingHigh
Nicholsmostly inland floodingHigh
Tiogamostly inland floodingHigh
Waverlymostly inland floodingModerate
Chemungmostly inland floodingModerate
Baldwinmostly 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. Barton covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Barton. 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 Barton total about $3.4M 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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