Natural hazards · Fleischmanns

Fleischmanns, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fleischmanns comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 36 claims here since 1978. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fleischmanns?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Fleischmanns faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Fleischmanns flood?

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

36paid claims since 1978

$889Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 14 claims, $616K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $4K
Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $44K

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

🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Fleischmanns is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Delaware County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

2homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Fleischmanns

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FleischmannsDeclared for Delaware County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid $10K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

140 households applied for aid $453K aid approved $861K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $6K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $272K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

4 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$76K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs

2003

Snow

$1K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs

Delaware County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Fleischmanns 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 Fleischmanns’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Fleischmanns. 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.