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Natural hazards · Eden

Eden, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2003. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Eden?

10
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding73%Cold waves15%Tornadoes6%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Eden faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Eden flood?

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

5paid claims since 2003
$35Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20032026

Biggest named events

  • Late summer storms: 2 claims, $19K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Eden isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Erie County.
Disasters that hit Eden

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdenDeclared for Erie County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$31K to the Town of Eden for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$108K to the Town of Eden for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $115K aid approved $682K to the Town of Eden for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $8K to the Town of Eden for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Eden for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storm

$37K to the Town of Eden for repairs
2000

Snow

$11K to the Town of Eden for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Eden for repairs
1999

Snow

$17K to the Town of Eden for repairs
Erie County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Eden

Eden and the towns around it

Evans: Low, mostly inland floodingHamburg: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Collins: Very low, mostly inland floodingBoston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrant: Very low, mostly inland floodingOrchard Park: Low, mostly inland floodingLackawanna: High, mostly inland floodingBlasdell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCollins: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Collins: Very low, mostly inland floodingConcord: Low, mostly inland floodingColden: High, mostly inland floodingEden: Very low, mostly inland flooding EdenEvansHamburgNorth CollinsBostonBrant
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bostonmostly inland floodingModerate
Hamburgmostly inland floodingLow
Evansmostly inland floodingLow
Edenmostly inland floodingVery low
Brantmostly inland floodingVery low
North Collinsmostly 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. Eden covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Eden. 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 Eden total about $1.7M 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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