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 high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dannemora?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%

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

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% 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 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

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DannemoraDeclared for Clinton County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Village of Dannemora for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

7 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $22K to the Village of Dannemora for repairs

Clinton County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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 Village 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.