Natural hazards · Davenport

Davenport, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Davenport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Davenport?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Davenport to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Cold waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Davenport faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Davenport flood?

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

14paid claims since 1979

$120Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $5K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Delaware County.

Disasters that hit Davenport

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DavenportDeclared for Delaware County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$17K to the Town of Davenport for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$41K to the Town of Davenport for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

2 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Winter Storm

$75K to the Town of Davenport for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

51 households applied for aid $70K aid approved $4.7M to the Town of Davenport for repairs

2003

Snow

$5K to the Town of Davenport for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$10K to the Town of Davenport for repairs

Delaware County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Davenport

Davenport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Davenportmostly inland floodingHigh

Marylandmostly inland floodingHigh

Meredithmostly inland floodingHigh

Kortrightmostly inland floodingHigh

Oneontamostly inland floodingModerate

Harpersfieldmostly 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. Davenport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Davenport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Davenport. 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 Davenport 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.