Natural hazards · Dansville

Dansville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dansville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1998. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dansville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dansville to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Dansville faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Dansville flood?

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

9paid claims since 1998

$51Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19982026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Livingston County.

Disasters that hit Dansville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DansvilleDeclared for Livingston County only

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

11 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Livingston County has had 16 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. Dansville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dansville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Dansville. 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 Dansville total about $1.6M 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.