Natural hazards · Delanson

Delanson, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delanson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2011. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Delanson?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Delanson to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes10%Cold waves5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Delanson faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 61 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Delanson flood?

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

2paid claims since 2011

$12Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $12K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Schenectady County.

Disasters that hit Delanson

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DelansonDeclared for Schenectady County only

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

55 households applied for aid $73K aid approved

Schenectady County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Delanson 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 Delanson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Delanson. 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.