Natural hazards · Bronxville

Bronxville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bronxville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 222 claims here since 1979. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bronxville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bronxville to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Earthquakes7%Hurricanes6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Bronxville faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bronxville flood?

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

222paid claims since 1979

$9.5Mpaid to owners

20homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 46 claims, $435K
Hurricane Irene: 37 claims, $2.1M
Hurricane Ida: 36 claims, $3.0M

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (10) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Westchester County.

Disasters that hit Bronxville

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BronxvilleDeclared for Westchester County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$78K to the Village of Bronxville for repairs

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

284 households applied for aid $967K aid approved

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$43K to the Village of Bronxville for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

48 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $231K to the Village of Bronxville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

93 households applied for aid $349K aid approved $85K to the Village of Bronxville for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$85K to the Village of Bronxville for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

232 households applied for aid $916K aid approved $103K to the Village of Bronxville for repairs

2003

Snow

$46K to the Village of Bronxville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$13K to the Village of Bronxville for repairs

Westchester County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Bronxville

Bronxville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tuckahoemostly inland floodingModerate

Bronxvillemostly inland floodingLow

Eastchestermostly inland floodingLow

Mount Vernonmostly inland floodingLow

Yonkersmostly 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. Bronxville covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bronxville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bronxville. 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 Bronxville total about $2.3M 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.