Natural hazards · Canisteo

Canisteo, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Canisteo comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1984. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Canisteo?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canisteo to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Canisteo faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Canisteo flood?

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

2paid claims since 1984

$706paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19842026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Steuben County.

Disasters that hit Canisteo

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CanisteoDeclared for Steuben County only

2024

Remnants of Tropical Storm Debby

$71K to the Village of Canisteo for repairs

2021

Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred

$36K to the Village of Canisteo for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

10 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $3K to the Village of Canisteo for repairs

Steuben County has had 20 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. Canisteo 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 Canisteo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Canisteo. 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.