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Natural hazards · Blooming Grove

Blooming Grove, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blooming Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 135 claims here since 1978. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Blooming Grove?

36
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blooming Grove to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Hurricanes9%Cold waves7%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Blooming Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Blooming Grove flood?

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

135paid claims since 1978
$2.6Mpaid to owners
15homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 38 claims, $1.5M
  • Hurricane Floyd: 18 claims, $166K
  • Not a named storm: 16 claims, $13K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Blooming GroveDeclared for Orange County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid $358K to the Town of Blooming Grove for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

1 household applied for aid $97K to the Town of Blooming Grove for repairs
2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved $1K to the Town of Blooming Grove for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

19 households applied for aid $91K aid approved $788K to the Town of Blooming Grove for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$31K to the Town of Blooming Grove for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

1 household applied for aid $12K aid approved $192K to the Town of Blooming Grove for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $62K to the Town of Blooming Grove for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Blooming Grove for repairs
2003

Snow

$45K to the Town of Blooming Grove for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$39K to the Town of Blooming Grove for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$394K to the Town of Blooming Grove for repairs
Orange County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Blooming Grove

Blooming Grove and the towns around it

Woodbury: Very low, mostly inland floodingWoodbury: Very low, mostly inland floodingMonroe: Very low, mostly inland floodingChester: Low, mostly inland floodingCornwall: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSouth Blooming Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Windsor: Very low, mostly inland floodingGoshen: Very low, mostly inland floodingHamptonburgh: Low, mostly inland floodingTuxedo: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTuxedo: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHighlands: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHarriman: Low, mostly inland floodingKiryas Joel: Very low, mostly inland floodingPalm Tree: Very low, mostly inland floodingWarwick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChester: Very low, mostly inland floodingFishkill: Low, mostly inland floodingPhilipstown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewburgh: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewburgh: Low, mostly inland floodingMontgomery: Low, mostly inland floodingWawayanda: Very low, mostly inland floodingFlorida: Low, mostly inland floodingWallkill: Very low, mostly inland floodingMaybrook: Very low, mostly inland floodingBlooming Grove: Low, mostly inland flooding Blooming GroveWoodburyWoodburyMonroeChesterCornwallSouth Blooming GroveNew WindsorGoshenHamptonburgh
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cornwallmostly inland floodingModerate
Blooming Grovemostly inland floodingLow
Hamptonburghmostly inland floodingLow
South Blooming Grovemostly inland floodingLow
Chestermostly inland floodingLow
Monroemostly inland floodingVery low
Woodburymostly inland floodingVery low
Woodburymostly inland floodingVery low
New Windsormostly inland floodingVery low
Goshenmostly 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. Blooming Grove covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Blooming Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Blooming Grove. 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 Blooming Grove total about $5.0M 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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