Natural hazards · Beekman

Beekman, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beekman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2010. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Beekman?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beekman to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes14%Cold waves5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Beekman faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Beekman flood?

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

7paid claims since 2010

$106Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $45K
Vermont/New York Flooding: 1 claim, $28K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Beekman isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Dutchess County.

Disasters that hit Beekman

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeekmanDeclared for Dutchess County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$196K to the Town of Beekman for repairs

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

$128K to the Town of Beekman for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$103K to the Town of Beekman for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$37K to the Town of Beekman for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$23K to the Town of Beekman for repairs

2003

Snow

$25K to the Town of Beekman for repairs

Dutchess County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Beekman

Beekman and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Dovermostly inland floodingModerate

East Fishkillmostly inland floodingModerate

Beekmanmostly inland floodingModerate

LaGrangemostly inland floodingLow

Pawlingmostly inland floodingLow

Union Valemostly 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. Beekman covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Beekman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Beekman. 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 Beekman 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.