Natural hazards · Duane

Duane, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Duane comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Duane?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Duane to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Duane 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

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Duane flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Duane.

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Duane

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DuaneDeclared for Franklin County only

2011

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

$41K to the Town of Duane for repairs

Franklin County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Duane

Duane and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Duanemostly inland floodingHigh

Bellmontmostly inland floodingHigh

Santa Claramostly inland floodingModerate

Malonemostly inland floodingLow

Brightonmostly 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. Duane 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 Duane’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Duane. 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.