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Natural hazards · Cuyler

Cuyler, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cuyler comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Cuyler?

63
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cuyler to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Cuyler faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Cuyler flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Cuyler.

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CuylerDeclared for Cortland County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the Town of Cuyler for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Cuyler for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Cuyler for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Cuyler for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$90K to the Town of Cuyler for repairs
Cortland County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Cuyler

Cuyler and the towns around it

Truxton: High, mostly inland floodingDeRuyter: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFabius: Very low, mostly inland floodingHomer: High, mostly inland floodingPreble: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSolon: High, mostly inland floodingTully: Very low, mostly inland floodingCazenovia: Low, mostly inland floodingGeorgetown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLincklaen: High, mostly inland floodingPompey: Low, mostly inland floodingCuyler: High, mostly inland flooding CuylerTruxtonDeRuyterFabius
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cuylermostly inland floodingHigh
Truxtonmostly inland floodingHigh
DeRuytermostly inland floodingModerate
Fabiusmostly 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. Cuyler is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cuyler’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cuyler. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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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