Natural hazards · Edmeston

Edmeston, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edmeston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2006. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edmeston?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edmeston to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves14%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Edmeston faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Edmeston flood?

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

1paid claims since 2006

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20062026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Otsego County.

Disasters that hit Edmeston

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdmestonDeclared for Otsego County only

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Edmeston for repairs

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Edmeston for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

3 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $21K to the Town of Edmeston for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$6K to the Town of Edmeston for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

27 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $110K to the Town of Edmeston for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$29K to the Town of Edmeston for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

$10K to the Town of Edmeston for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$12K to the Town of Edmeston for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Edmeston for repairs

Otsego County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Edmeston

Edmeston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Edmestonmostly inland floodingHigh

Columbusmostly inland floodingHigh

Plainfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Brookfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Burlingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Pittsfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Edmeston covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Edmeston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Edmeston. 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 Edmeston total about $1.1M 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.