Natural hazards · Corfu

Corfu, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corfu comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corfu?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corfu to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Lightning5%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Corfu faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Corfu flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Corfu.

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Genesee County.

Disasters that hit Corfu

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorfuDeclared for Genesee County only

2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$11K to the Village of Corfu for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

54 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $67K to the Village of Corfu for repairs

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

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