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 high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Batavia?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Batavia to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

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

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% 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.

30paid claims since 1978

$93Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

The “Halloween” storm: 1 claim, $237
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $620

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Batavia is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Genesee County.

Disasters that hit Batavia

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BataviaDeclared for Genesee County only

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

39 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

Genesee County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

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 7 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 City 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 $6.5M 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.