Natural hazards · Brocton

Brocton, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brocton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brocton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brocton to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Tornadoes7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Brocton faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Brocton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chautauqua County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2buildings floodproofed

Disasters that hit Brocton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BroctonDeclared for Chautauqua County only

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$147K to the Village of Brocton for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Village of Brocton for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$34K to the Village of Brocton for repairs

2001

Snow

$4K to the Village of Brocton for repairs

2000

Snow

$2K to the Village of Brocton for repairs

1999

Snow

$3K to the Village of Brocton for repairs

Chautauqua County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

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

Brocton, NY natural hazards

How exposed is Brocton?

What Brocton faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Brocton flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Snow

Snow

Snow

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