Natural hazards · Camillus

Camillus, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Camillus comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1981.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Camillus?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Camillus to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes8%Strong wind7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Camillus faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Camillus flood?

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

3paid claims since 1981

$17Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Fred: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Onondaga County.

Disasters that hit Camillus

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into CamillusDeclared for Onondaga County only

Onondaga County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Camillus

Camillus and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Van Burenmostly inland floodingModerate

Elbridgemostly inland floodingLow

Camillusmostly inland floodingVery low

Geddesmostly inland floodingVery low

Marcellusmostly inland floodingVery low

Onondagamostly inland floodingVery low

Solvaymostly 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. Camillus covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Camillus’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Camillus. 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 Camillus total about $4.5M 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.