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Natural hazards · Evans

Evans, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Evans comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 72 claims here since 1978. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Evans?

20
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Evans to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Cold waves15%Tornadoes6%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Evans faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% 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

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Evans flood?

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

72paid claims since 1978
$667Kpaid to owners
8homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Late summer storms: 3 claims, $54K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Evans 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 Evans

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EvansDeclared for Erie County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$61K to the Town of Evans for repairs
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$1.6M to the Town of Evans for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$174K to the Town of Evans for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$78K to the Town of Evans for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$180K to the Town of Evans for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storm

$50K to the Town of Evans for repairs
2000

Snow

$29K to the Town of Evans for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$50K to the Town of Evans for repairs
1999

Snow

$24K to the Town of Evans for repairs
Erie County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Evans

Evans and the towns around it

Hamburg: Low, mostly inland floodingEden: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrant: Very low, mostly inland floodingOrchard Park: Low, mostly inland floodingLackawanna: High, mostly inland floodingBoston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBlasdell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Collins: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorth Collins: Very low, mostly inland floodingEvans: Low, mostly inland flooding EvansHamburgEdenBrant
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hamburgmostly inland floodingLow
Evansmostly inland floodingLow
Edenmostly inland floodingVery low
Brantmostly 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. Evans covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Evans’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Evans. 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 Evans total about $3.4M 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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