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 high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Camillus?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Camillus to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%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

86% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% 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 Camillus flood?

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

12paid claims since 1979

$217Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Fred: 7 claims, $195K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

6homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Camillus

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CamillusDeclared for Onondaga County only

2021

Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred

$40K to the Village of Camillus for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

12 households applied for aid $927 aid approved

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

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 1 census tract, 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 Village 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 $427K 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.