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Natural hazards · Bethany

Bethany, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bethany comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bethany?

17
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bethany to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Drought11%Strong wind6%Lightning6%Hail6%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Bethany faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

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 Bethany flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Bethany.

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bethany 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 Bethany

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BethanyDeclared for Genesee County only
2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$29K to the Town of Bethany for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Bethany for repairs
2001

Snow

$7K to the Town of Bethany for repairs
1999

Snow

$3K to the Town of Bethany for repairs
Genesee County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Bethany

Bethany and the towns around it

Stafford: Very low, mostly inland floodingMiddlebury: Low, mostly inland floodingAlexander: Low, mostly inland floodingBatavia: Low, mostly inland floodingLe Roy: Low, mostly inland floodingByron: Very low, mostly inland floodingPavilion: Very low, mostly inland floodingElba: Very low, mostly inland floodingWarsaw: High, mostly inland floodingCovington: Low, mostly inland floodingAttica: Low, mostly inland floodingDarien: Low, mostly inland floodingPembroke: Low, mostly inland floodingOakfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingBethany: Very low, mostly inland flooding BethanyStaffordMiddleburyAlexanderBatavia
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Middleburymostly inland floodingLow
Bataviamostly inland floodingLow
Alexandermostly inland floodingLow
Staffordmostly inland floodingVery low
Bethanymostly 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. Bethany is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bethany’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bethany. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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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