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Natural hazards · Dannemora

Dannemora, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dannemora comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Dannemora?

45
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dannemora to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Earthquakes9%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Dannemora faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Dannemora flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DannemoraDeclared for Clinton County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Dannemora for repairs
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the Town of Dannemora for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$50K to the Town of Dannemora for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$40K to the Town of Dannemora for repairs
Clinton County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Dannemora

Dannemora and the towns around it

Saranac: High, mostly inland floodingBellmont: High, mostly inland floodingBeekmantown: High, mostly inland floodingEllenburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAltona: High, mostly inland floodingBlack Brook: High, mostly inland floodingSchuyler Falls: High, mostly inland floodingPlattsburgh: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFranklin: Very low, mostly inland floodingPeru: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMalone: Low, mostly inland floodingChateaugay: Low, mostly inland floodingBurke: Low, mostly inland floodingDuane: High, mostly inland floodingIsle La Motte: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Hero: High, mostly inland floodingChazy: High, mostly inland floodingClinton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMooers: High, mostly inland floodingDannemora: Moderate, mostly inland flooding DannemoraSaranacBellmontBeekmantownEllenburgAltona
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Beekmantownmostly inland floodingHigh
Bellmontmostly inland floodingHigh
Altonamostly inland floodingHigh
Saranacmostly inland floodingHigh
Dannemoramostly inland floodingModerate
Ellenburgmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Dannemora 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 Dannemora’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dannemora. 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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