Natural hazards · Burlington

Burlington, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burlington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burlington?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burlington to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding74%Cold waves17%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Burlington faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Burlington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Otsego County.

Disasters that hit Burlington

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurlingtonDeclared for Otsego County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$12K to the Town of Burlington for repairs

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$32K to the Town of Burlington for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$258K to the Town of Burlington for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the Town of Burlington for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$16K to the Town of Burlington for repairs

Otsego County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Burlington

Burlington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Edmestonmostly inland floodingHigh

Plainfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Exetermostly inland floodingHigh

Hartwickmostly inland floodingHigh

Otsegomostly inland floodingHigh

Burlingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

New Lisbonmostly inland floodingModerate

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