Natural hazards · Burke

Burke, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burke comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burke?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burke to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Earthquakes14%Cold waves5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Burke faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Burke flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Burke

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Franklin County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Burke itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BurkeDeclared for Franklin County only

Franklin County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Burke

Burke and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bellmontmostly inland floodingHigh

Malonemostly inland floodingLow

Burkemostly inland floodingLow

Constablemostly inland floodingLow

Chateaugaymostly 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. Burke covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Burke’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Burke. 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 Burke total about $1.5M 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.