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Natural hazards · Easton

Easton, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Easton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Easton?

27
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Easton to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Cold waves7%Hurricanes6%Tornadoes6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Easton faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 84 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Easton flood?

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

1paid claims since 2011
$8Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Easton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Washington County.
Disasters that hit Easton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EastonDeclared for Washington County only
2011

Hurricane Irene

$17K to the Town of Easton for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$87K to the Town of Easton for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$193K to the Town of Easton for repairs
Washington County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Easton

Easton and the towns around it

Greenwich: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSaratoga: High, mostly inland floodingCambridge: Low, mostly inland floodingStillwater: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStillwater: Very high, mostly inland floodingSchuylerville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSchaghticoke: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJackson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingArgyle: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorthumberland: Very low, mostly inland floodingSalem: High, mostly inland floodingFort Edward: Low, mostly inland floodingSaratoga Springs: Very low, mostly inland floodingMalta: Very low, mostly inland floodingWhite Creek: High, mostly inland floodingHoosick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPittstown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCambridge: High, mostly inland floodingHalfmoon: Very low, mostly inland floodingMechanicville: Very high, mostly inland floodingVictory: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWaterford: High, mostly inland floodingTroy: High, mostly inland floodingBrunswick: Low, mostly inland floodingEaston: Low, mostly inland flooding EastonGreenwichSaratogaCambridgeStillwaterStillwaterSchuylervilleSchaghticokeJackson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Stillwatermostly inland floodingVery high
Saratogamostly inland floodingHigh
Stillwatermostly inland floodingModerate
Jacksonmostly inland floodingModerate
Schaghticokemostly inland floodingModerate
Schuylervillemostly inland floodingModerate
Greenwichmostly inland floodingModerate
Cambridgemostly inland floodingLow
Eastonmostly inland floodingLow
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. Easton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Easton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Easton. 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 Easton total about $957K 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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