Natural hazards · East Bloomfield

East Bloomfield, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Bloomfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2015. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Bloomfield?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Bloomfield to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Drought10%Strong wind7%Tornadoes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What East Bloomfield faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 East Bloomfield flood?

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

3paid claims since 2015

$136Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20152026

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ontario County.

Disasters that hit East Bloomfield

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East BloomfieldDeclared for Ontario County only

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Town of East Bloomfield for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

$11K to the Town of East Bloomfield for repairs

1999

Snow

$10K to the Town of East Bloomfield for repairs

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

Around East Bloomfield

East Bloomfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Canandaiguamostly inland floodingVery low

Victormostly inland floodingVery low

Bristolmostly inland floodingVery low

West Bloomfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

East Bloomfieldmostly 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. East Bloomfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to East Bloomfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of East Bloomfield. 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 East Bloomfield total about $633K 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.