Natural hazards · Castleton-on-Hudson

Castleton-on-Hudson, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Castleton-on-Hudson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1996. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Castleton-on-Hudson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Castleton-on-Hudson to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Castleton-on-Hudson faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times 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 Castleton-on-Hudson flood?

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

13paid claims since 1996

$66Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $3K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rensselaer County.

Disasters that hit Castleton-on-Hudson

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Castleton-on-HudsonDeclared for Rensselaer County only

2011

Hurricane Irene

10 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $263 aid approved

Rensselaer County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Castleton-on-Hudson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Castleton-on-Hudson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Castleton-on-Hudson. 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 Castleton-on-Hudson total about $718K 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.