Natural hazards · Birdsall

Birdsall, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Birdsall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Birdsall?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Birdsall to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Birdsall faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times 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 Birdsall flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Allegany County.

Disasters that hit Birdsall

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BirdsallDeclared for Allegany County only

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Birdsall for repairs

2011

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

$20K to the Town of Birdsall for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$44K to the Town of Birdsall for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$65K to the Town of Birdsall for repairs

Allegany County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Birdsall

Birdsall and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Allenmostly inland floodingVery high

Birdsallmostly inland floodingHigh

Grovemostly inland floodingHigh

Burnsmostly inland floodingHigh

Almondmostly inland floodingHigh

West Almondmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Birdsall 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 Birdsall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Birdsall. 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.