Natural hazards · Coxsackie

Coxsackie, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Coxsackie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1996. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Coxsackie?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Coxsackie to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Hurricanes7%Tornadoes6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Coxsackie faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Coxsackie flood?

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

12paid claims since 1996

$278Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 3 claims, $134K
Hurricane Irene: 3 claims, $48K

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. Coxsackie isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Greene County.

Disasters that hit Coxsackie

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CoxsackieDeclared for Greene County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$7K to the Village of Coxsackie for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

19 households applied for aid $18K aid approved $18K to the Village of Coxsackie for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm

$38K to the Village of Coxsackie for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

8 households applied for aid

2003

Snow

$5K to the Village of Coxsackie for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$8K to the Village of Coxsackie for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$14K to the Village of Coxsackie for repairs

Greene County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Coxsackie

Coxsackie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Coxsackiemostly inland floodingHigh

Coxsackiemostly inland floodingModerate

Stuyvesantmostly 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. Coxsackie covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Coxsackie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Coxsackie. 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 Coxsackie 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.