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Natural hazards · Batavia

Batavia, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Batavia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1985. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Batavia?

29
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Batavia to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Everything else23%
By hazard

What Batavia faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% 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 Batavia flood?

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

13paid claims since 1985
$72Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19852026

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BataviaDeclared for Genesee County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$27K to the Town of Batavia for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$27K to the Town of Batavia for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Batavia for repairs
2001

Snow

$14K to the Town of Batavia for repairs
1999

Snow

$6K to the Town of Batavia for repairs
Genesee County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Batavia

Batavia and the towns around it

Stafford: Very low, mostly inland floodingPembroke: Low, mostly inland floodingAlexander: Low, mostly inland floodingBethany: Very low, mostly inland floodingOakfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingElba: Very low, mostly inland floodingLe Roy: Low, mostly inland floodingByron: Very low, mostly inland floodingPavilion: Very low, mostly inland floodingAlabama: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewstead: Low, mostly inland floodingDarien: Low, mostly inland floodingAttica: Low, mostly inland floodingMiddlebury: Low, mostly inland floodingBarre: Very low, mostly inland floodingBatavia: Low, mostly inland flooding BataviaStaffordPembrokeAlexanderBethanyOakfieldElba
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Pembrokemostly inland floodingLow
Bataviamostly inland floodingLow
Alexandermostly inland floodingLow
Staffordmostly inland floodingVery low
Bethanymostly inland floodingVery low
Oakfieldmostly inland floodingVery low
Elbamostly 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. Batavia covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Batavia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Batavia. 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 Batavia total about $2.6M 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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