Natural hazards · Boonville

Boonville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boonville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boonville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boonville to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Cold waves9%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Boonville faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Boonville flood?

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

5paid claims since 1978

$41Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oneida County.

Disasters that hit Boonville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoonvilleDeclared for Oneida County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$21K to the Town of Boonville for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$12K to the Town of Boonville for repairs

2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$9K to the Town of Boonville for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Boonville for repairs

2004

Snow

$15K to the Town of Boonville for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

$12K to the Town of Boonville for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$18K to the Town of Boonville for repairs

Oneida County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Boonville

Boonville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lyonsdalemostly inland floodingModerate

Forestportmostly inland floodingModerate

Leydenmostly inland floodingLow

Avamostly inland floodingLow

Westernmostly inland floodingLow

Steubenmostly inland floodingLow

Remsenmostly inland floodingLow

Boonvillemostly 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. Boonville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Boonville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Boonville. 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 Boonville 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.