Natural hazards · Crawford

Crawford, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crawford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 2007. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Crawford?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Crawford to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes11%Cold waves7%Tornadoes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Crawford faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Crawford flood?

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

9paid claims since 2007

$290Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 6 claims, $263K
April 2007 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $15K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orange County.

Disasters that hit Crawford

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CrawfordDeclared for Orange County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$46K to the Town of Crawford for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$54K to the Town of Crawford for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$310K to the Town of Crawford for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$36K to the Town of Crawford for repairs

2003

Snow

$23K to the Town of Crawford for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$22K to the Town of Crawford for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$20K to the Town of Crawford for repairs

Orange County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Crawford

Crawford and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mamakatingmostly inland floodingModerate

Montgomerymostly inland floodingLow

Shawangunkmostly inland floodingLow

Crawfordmostly inland floodingLow

Wallkillmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Crawford covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Crawford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Crawford. 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 Crawford total about $2.3M 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.