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 9 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters 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 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Tornadoes8%Cold waves6%Everything else10%

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

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Corning flood?

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

9paid claims since 1978

$45Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Corning is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Steuben County.

Disasters that hit Corning

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorningDeclared for Steuben County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

$68K to the City of Corning for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

24 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$60K to the City of Corning for repairs

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

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 4 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 City 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 $2.2M 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.