Natural hazards · Blasdell

Blasdell, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blasdell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Blasdell?

41
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blasdell to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves13%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Blasdell faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Blasdell flood?

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

17paid claims since 1979
$151Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Blasdell isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Erie County.
Disasters that hit Blasdell

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlasdellDeclared for Erie County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$91K to the Village of Blasdell for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$103K to the Village of Blasdell for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

172 households applied for aid $72K aid approved $206K to the Village of Blasdell for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storm

$79K to the Village of Blasdell for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Village of Blasdell for repairs
1999

Snow

$7K to the Village of Blasdell for repairs
Erie County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Blasdell

Blasdell and the towns around it

Lackawanna: High, mostly inland floodingHamburg: Low, mostly inland floodingBuffalo: High, mostly inland floodingWest Seneca: High, mostly inland floodingEvans: Low, mostly inland floodingOrchard Park: Low, mostly inland floodingEden: Very low, mostly inland floodingBoston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBlasdell: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BlasdellLackawannaHamburg
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lackawannamostly inland floodingHigh
Blasdellmostly inland floodingModerate
Hamburgmostly 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. Blasdell covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Blasdell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Blasdell. 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 Blasdell total about $1.2M 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.

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