Natural hazards · Dickinson

Dickinson, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dickinson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 31 claims here since 2006. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dickinson?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dickinson to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Tornadoes10%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Dickinson faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Dickinson flood?

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

31paid claims since 2006

$1.3Mpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

20062026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 19 claims, $974K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Broome County.

Disasters that hit Dickinson

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DickinsonDeclared for Broome County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$18K to the Town of Dickinson for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$110K to the Town of Dickinson for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$63K to the Town of Dickinson for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$213K to the Town of Dickinson for repairs

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

$2K to the Town of Dickinson for repairs

2003

Snow

$4K to the Town of Dickinson for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$7K to the Town of Dickinson for repairs

Broome County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Dickinson

Dickinson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Chenangomostly inland floodingModerate

Johnson Citymostly inland floodingModerate

Fentonmostly inland floodingModerate

Unionmostly inland floodingModerate

Kirkwoodmostly inland floodingModerate

Binghamtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Dickinsonmostly inland floodingVery low

Port Dickinsonmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Dickinson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dickinson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dickinson. 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 Dickinson total about $1.2M 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.