Natural hazards · Ellenville

Ellenville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ellenville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 27 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ellenville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ellenville to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves8%Tornadoes7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Ellenville 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

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ellenville flood?

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

27paid claims since 1979

$752Kpaid to owners

6homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 10 claims, $452K
Torrential rain: 6 claims, $135K
April 2007 Nor'easter: 3 claims, $36K

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. Ellenville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Ulster County.

Disasters that hit Ellenville

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EllenvilleDeclared for Ulster County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Village of Ellenville for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

10 households applied for aid $683 aid approved

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

11 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

222 households applied for aid $544K aid approved $520K to the Village of Ellenville for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

9 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $330K to the Village of Ellenville for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $4K to the Village of Ellenville for repairs

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2003

Snow

$7K to the Village of Ellenville for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$17K to the Village of Ellenville for repairs

Ulster County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Ellenville

Ellenville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wawarsingmostly inland floodingHigh

Ellenvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Shawangunkmostly 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. Ellenville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ellenville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Ellenville. 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 Ellenville total about $2.2M 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.