Natural hazards · Dolgeville

Dolgeville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dolgeville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 51 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Dolgeville?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dolgeville to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Dolgeville 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
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Dolgeville flood?

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

51paid claims since 1979
$750Kpaid to owners
5homes flooded more than once
19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Dolgeville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Herkimer County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

20flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Dolgeville

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DolgevilleDeclared for Herkimer County only
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$9.1M to the Village of Dolgeville for repairs
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$7K to the Village of Dolgeville for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1.3M to the Village of Dolgeville for repairs
2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

2 households applied for aid
2011

Hurricane Irene

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

42 households applied for aid $40K aid approved $913K to the Village of Dolgeville for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$9K to the Village of Dolgeville for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$29K to the Village of Dolgeville for repairs
Herkimer County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Dolgeville

Dolgeville and the towns around it

Manheim: Low, mostly inland floodingOppenheim: High, mostly inland floodingSt. Johnsville: High, mostly inland floodingDanube: Low, mostly inland floodingLittle Falls: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSalisbury: Low, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStratford: High, mostly inland floodingEphratah: High, mostly inland floodingDolgeville: Low, mostly inland flooding DolgevilleManheimOppenheim
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Oppenheimmostly inland floodingHigh
Dolgevillemostly inland floodingLow
Manheimmostly inland floodingLow
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. Dolgeville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dolgeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Dolgeville. 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 Dolgeville total about $623K 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.

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