Natural hazards · Celoron

Celoron, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Celoron comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Celoron?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Celoron to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Tornadoes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Celoron faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% 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 Celoron flood?

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

6paid claims since 1979

$31Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chautauqua County.

Disasters that hit Celoron

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CeloronDeclared for Chautauqua County only

2001

Snow

$2K to the Village of Celoron for repairs

2000

Snow

$3K to the Village of Celoron for repairs

1999

Snow

$2K to the Village of Celoron for repairs

Chautauqua County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Celoron

Celoron and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jamestownmostly inland floodingHigh

Ellicottmostly inland floodingHigh

Celoronmostly inland floodingLow

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. Celoron 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 Celoron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Celoron. 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.