Natural hazards · Farmington

Farmington, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Farmington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Farmington?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Farmington to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Strong wind7%Tornadoes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Farmington faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Farmington flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Farmington.

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ontario County.

Disasters that hit Farmington

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FarmingtonDeclared for Ontario County only

2011

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$2K to the Town of Farmington for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

41 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $80K to the Town of Farmington for repairs

1999

Snow

$11K to the Town of Farmington for repairs

Ontario County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Farmington

Farmington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Manchestermostly inland floodingLow

Canandaiguamostly inland floodingVery low

Farmingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Victormostly inland floodingVery low

Macedonmostly 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. Farmington covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Farmington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Farmington. 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 Farmington total about $2.0M 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.