Natural hazards · Conklin

Conklin, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Conklin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 704 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Conklin?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Conklin to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Conklin faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Conklin flood?

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

704paid claims since 1979

$35.4Mpaid to owners

121homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 261 claims, $19.2M
Torrential rain: 44 claims, $526K
Not a named storm: 16 claims, $58K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 3 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (35) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Broome County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

78flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Conklin

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConklinDeclared for Broome County only

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

$243K to the Town of Conklin for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$35K to the Town of Conklin for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

409 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved $795K to the Town of Conklin for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$59K to the Town of Conklin for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

603 households applied for aid $2.5M aid approved $2.1M to the Town of Conklin for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

35 households applied for aid $98K aid approved $83K to the Town of Conklin for repairs

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

76 households applied for aid $156K aid approved $212K to the Town of Conklin for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2003

Snow

$13K to the Town of Conklin for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$20K to the Town of Conklin for repairs

Broome County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Conklin

Conklin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Conklinmostly inland floodingHigh

Kirkwoodmostly inland floodingModerate

Binghamtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Libertymostly inland floodingLow

Binghamtonmostly 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. Conklin covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Conklin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Conklin. 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 Conklin total about $3.5M 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.