Natural hazards · Beekmantown

Beekmantown, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beekmantown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Beekmantown?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beekmantown to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Beekmantown faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Beekmantown flood?

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

10paid claims since 1978

$175Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clinton County.

Disasters that hit Beekmantown

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeekmantownDeclared for Clinton County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$24K to the Town of Beekmantown for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$51K to the Town of Beekmantown for repairs

2011

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

$27K to the Town of Beekmantown for repairs

Clinton County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Beekmantown

Beekmantown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Beekmantownmostly inland floodingHigh

Chazymostly inland floodingHigh

Altonamostly inland floodingHigh

Isle La Mottemostly inland floodingHigh

North Heromostly inland floodingHigh

Dannemoramostly inland floodingModerate

Plattsburghmostly 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. Beekmantown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Beekmantown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Beekmantown. 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 Beekmantown total about $2.2M 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.