Natural hazards · Cicero

Cicero, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cicero comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 154 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cicero?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cicero to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Cicero faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% 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 Cicero flood?

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

154paid claims since 1979

$1.5Mpaid to owners

25homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Fred: 1 claim, $17K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Onondaga County.

Disasters that hit Cicero

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CiceroDeclared for Onondaga County only

2003

Ice Storm

20 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $50K to the Town of Cicero for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$158K to the Town of Cicero for repairs

Onondaga County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Cicero

Cicero and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sullivanmostly inland floodingHigh

Manliusmostly inland floodingHigh

Constantiamostly inland floodingModerate

West Monroemostly inland floodingModerate

Hastingsmostly inland floodingModerate

Ciceromostly inland floodingLow

Claymostly 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. Cicero covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cicero’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cicero. 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 Cicero total about $7.8M 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.