Natural hazards · Corning

Corning, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corning comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corning?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corning to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Tornadoes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Corning faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Corning flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979

$89Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Steuben County.

Disasters that hit Corning

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorningDeclared for Steuben County only

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$26K to the Town of Corning for repairs

Steuben County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Corning

Corning and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Painted Postmostly inland floodingHigh

Erwinmostly inland floodingHigh

Catonmostly inland floodingModerate

Hornbymostly inland floodingModerate

Corningmostly inland floodingLow

Big Flatsmostly 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. Corning covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Corning’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Corning. 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 Corning total about $1.8M 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.