Natural hazards · Dryden

Dryden, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dryden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dryden?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dryden to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Dryden faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Dryden flood?

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

15paid claims since 1979

$126Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $5K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tompkins County.

Disasters that hit Dryden

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DrydenDeclared for Tompkins County only

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Village of Dryden for repairs

Tompkins County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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