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Natural hazards · East Fishkill

East Fishkill, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Fishkill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 120 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is East Fishkill?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Fishkill to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Hurricanes14%Everything else16%
By hazard

What East Fishkill faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 East Fishkill flood?

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

120paid claims since 1978
$2.6Mpaid to owners
24homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 33 claims, $899K
  • Hurricane Ida: 21 claims, $608K
  • Hurricane Irene: 18 claims, $394K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (6) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. East Fishkill is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Dutchess County.
Disasters that hit East Fishkill

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East FishkillDeclared for Dutchess County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1.4M to the Town of East Fishkill for repairs
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

$2.8M to the Town of East Fishkill for repairs
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$184K to the Town of East Fishkill for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$193K to the Town of East Fishkill for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$141K to the Town of East Fishkill for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

1 household applied for aid $629 aid approved $224K to the Town of East Fishkill for repairs
2003

Snow

$85K to the Town of East Fishkill for repairs
Dutchess County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around East Fishkill

East Fishkill and the towns around it

Wappinger: Low, mostly inland floodingFishkill: Low, mostly inland floodingKent: Very low, mostly inland floodingBeekman: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLaGrange: Low, mostly inland floodingPawling: Low, mostly inland floodingPoughkeepsie: Low, mostly inland floodingNewburgh: Low, mostly inland floodingPhilipstown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewburgh: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Windsor: Very low, mostly inland floodingCornwall: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPutnam Valley: Low, mostly inland floodingCarmel: Very low, mostly inland floodingPatterson: Very low, mostly inland floodingUnion Vale: Low, mostly inland floodingDover: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPleasant Valley: High, mostly inland floodingSherman: High, mostly inland floodingEast Fishkill: Moderate, mostly inland flooding East FishkillWappingerFishkillKentBeekmanLaGrangePawling
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
East Fishkillmostly inland floodingModerate
Beekmanmostly inland floodingModerate
LaGrangemostly inland floodingLow
Fishkillmostly inland floodingLow
Wappingermostly inland floodingLow
Pawlingmostly inland floodingLow
Kentmostly 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 Fishkill covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to East Fishkill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of East Fishkill. 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 Fishkill total about $10.0M 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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