Natural hazards · Falconer

Falconer, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Falconer comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Falconer?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Falconer to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Falconer faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Falconer flood?

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

10paid claims since 1979

$13Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chautauqua County.

Disasters that hit Falconer

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FalconerDeclared for Chautauqua County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2001

Snow

$5K to the Village of Falconer for repairs

2000

Snow

$6K to the Village of Falconer for repairs

1999

Snow

$4K to the Village of Falconer for repairs

Chautauqua County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

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. Falconer is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Falconer’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Falconer. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.