Natural hazards · Brownville

Brownville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brownville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brownville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brownville to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Cold waves8%Strong wind6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Brownville faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Brownville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Brownville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrownvilleDeclared for Jefferson County only

2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$8K to the Village of Brownville for repairs

1999

Snow

$2K to the Village of Brownville for repairs

Jefferson County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Brownville

Brownville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brownvillemostly inland floodingLow

Brownvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Glen Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

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