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Natural hazards · Coventry

Coventry, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Coventry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1999. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Coventry?

81
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Coventry to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Coventry faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 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 Coventry flood?

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

5paid claims since 1999
$35Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19992026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $3K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CoventryDeclared for Chenango County only
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

$56K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$168K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$77K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$666K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$36K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

$10K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2003

Snow

$6K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$10K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
Chenango County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Coventry

Coventry and the towns around it

Greene: High, mostly inland floodingOxford: High, mostly inland floodingAfton: Very high, mostly inland floodingColesville: High, mostly inland floodingBainbridge: High, mostly inland floodingFenton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSmithville: High, mostly inland floodingBarker: High, mostly inland floodingTriangle: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGuilford: High, mostly inland floodingPreston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorwich: High, mostly inland floodingSanford: High, mostly inland floodingMasonville: High, mostly inland floodingWindsor: High, mostly inland floodingKirkwood: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnadilla: High, mostly inland floodingSidney: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSidney: High, mostly inland floodingCoventry: Very high, mostly inland flooding CoventryGreeneOxfordAftonColesvilleBainbridge
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Aftonmostly inland floodingVery high
Coventrymostly inland floodingVery high
Colesvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Oxfordmostly inland floodingHigh
Bainbridgemostly inland floodingHigh
Greenemostly inland floodingHigh
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. Coventry covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Coventry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Coventry. 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 Coventry total about $1.2M 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.

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