Natural hazards · Canastota

Canastota, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Canastota comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 32 claims here since 1981. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Canastota?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canastota to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Tornadoes6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Canastota faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Canastota flood?

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

32paid claims since 1981

$484Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Madison County.

Disasters that hit Canastota

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CanastotaDeclared for Madison County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$20K to the Village of Canastota for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Village of Canastota for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2003

Ice Storm

$2K to the Village of Canastota for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$4K to the Village of Canastota for repairs

Madison County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Canastota covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Canastota’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Canastota. 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 Canastota total about $1.2M 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.

Canastota, NY natural hazards

How exposed is Canastota?

What Canastota faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Canastota flood?

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Ice Storm

Snowstorms

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