Natural hazards · Dix

Dix, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dix comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2003. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dix?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dix to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Tornadoes5%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Dix faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Dix flood?

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

2paid claims since 2003

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Schuyler County.

Disasters that hit Dix

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DixDeclared for Schuyler County only

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$169K to the Town of Dix for repairs

Schuyler County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Dix

Dix and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Montourmostly inland floodingModerate

Orangemostly inland floodingModerate

Catlinmostly inland floodingModerate

Dixmostly inland floodingLow

Watkins Glenmostly inland floodingLow

Hectormostly inland floodingLow

Readingmostly 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. Dix covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dix’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dix. 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 Dix total about $1.1M 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.