Natural hazards · Brutus

Brutus, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brutus comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brutus?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brutus to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Everything else25%

By hazard

What Brutus 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

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Brutus flood?

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

9paid claims since 1978

$35Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cayuga County.

Disasters that hit Brutus

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrutusDeclared for Cayuga County only

2021

Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred

$341K to the Town of Brutus for repairs

2004

Snow

$5K to the Town of Brutus for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

$7K to the Town of Brutus for repairs

Cayuga County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Brutus

Brutus and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mentzmostly inland floodingHigh

Catomostly inland floodingHigh

Elbridgemostly inland floodingLow

Brutusmostly inland floodingLow

Sennettmostly 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. Brutus covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brutus’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brutus. 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 Brutus total about $995K 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.