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Natural hazards · Clarendon

Clarendon, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clarendon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Clarendon?

10
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clarendon to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Cold waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else19%
By hazard

What Clarendon faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Clarendon flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979
$31Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 2 claims, $24K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Clarendon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Orleans County.
Disasters that hit Clarendon

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClarendonDeclared for Orleans County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Town of Clarendon for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved $29K to the Town of Clarendon for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Clarendon for repairs
2003

Ice Storm

$8K to the Town of Clarendon for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Clarendon for repairs
1999

Snow

$21K to the Town of Clarendon for repairs
Orleans County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Clarendon

Clarendon and the towns around it

Murray: Very low, mostly inland floodingBarre: Very low, mostly inland floodingHolley: Very low, mostly inland floodingByron: Very low, mostly inland floodingSweden: Very low, mostly inland floodingKendall: Low, mostly inland floodingClarkson: Very low, mostly inland floodingGaines: Very low, mostly inland floodingAlbion: Very low, mostly inland floodingOakfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingElba: Very low, mostly inland floodingShelby: Very low, mostly inland floodingAlabama: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBergen: Very low, mostly inland floodingStafford: Very low, mostly inland floodingOgden: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrockport: Very low, mostly inland floodingClarendon: Very low, mostly inland flooding ClarendonMurrayBarreHolleyByronSweden
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Clarendonmostly inland floodingVery low
Barremostly inland floodingVery low
Murraymostly inland floodingVery low
Holleymostly inland floodingVery low
Byronmostly inland floodingVery low
Swedenmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Clarendon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clarendon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Clarendon. 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 Clarendon total about $493K 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.

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