Natural hazards · East Syracuse

East Syracuse, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Syracuse comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1981. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Syracuse?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Syracuse to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Strong wind7%Tornadoes7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What East Syracuse faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 East Syracuse flood?

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

12paid claims since 1981

$224Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Onondaga County.

Disasters that hit East Syracuse

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East SyracuseDeclared for Onondaga County only

2003

Ice Storm

7 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $6K to the Village of East Syracuse for repairs

Onondaga County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around East Syracuse

East Syracuse and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Syracusemostly inland floodingLow

DeWittmostly inland floodingVery low

East Syracusemostly 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 Syracuse covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to East Syracuse’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of East Syracuse. 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 Syracuse total about $703K 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.