Natural hazards · Chittenango

Chittenango, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chittenango comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 46 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 Chittenango?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chittenango to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Chittenango faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% 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 Chittenango flood?

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

46paid claims since 1979

$162Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Chittenango 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 Chittenango

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChittenangoDeclared for Madison County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Village of Chittenango for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Village of Chittenango for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

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

Chittenango, NY natural hazards

How exposed is Chittenango?

What Chittenango faces

Inland flooding

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Chittenango flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

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