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Natural hazards · Forestburgh

Forestburgh, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Forestburgh comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Forestburgh?

25
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Forestburgh to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Cold waves7%Tornadoes7%Hurricanes5%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Forestburgh 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
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 59 years in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Forestburgh flood?

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

5paid claims since 1979
$8Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

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. Forestburgh isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Sullivan County.
Disasters that hit Forestburgh

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ForestburghDeclared for Sullivan County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$21K to the Town of Forestburgh for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2011

Hurricane Irene

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $66K to the Town of Forestburgh for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $59 aid approved $296K to the Town of Forestburgh for repairs
2003

Snow

$7K to the Town of Forestburgh for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$8K to the Town of Forestburgh for repairs
Sullivan County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Forestburgh

Forestburgh and the towns around it

Lumberland: Low, mostly inland floodingThompson: Very low, mostly inland floodingMamakating: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDeerpark: High, mostly inland floodingShohola: Low, mostly inland floodingWestfall: Very high, mostly inland floodingHighland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBethel: Very low, mostly inland floodingFallsburg: Low, mostly inland floodingWallkill: Very low, mostly inland floodingShawangunk: Low, mostly inland floodingCrawford: Low, mostly inland floodingBloomingburg: Low, mostly inland floodingMount Hope: Very low, mostly inland floodingWawarsing: High, mostly inland floodingForestburgh: Low, mostly inland flooding ForestburghLumberlandThompsonMamakating
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mamakatingmostly inland floodingModerate
Lumberlandmostly inland floodingLow
Forestburghmostly inland floodingLow
Thompsonmostly 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. Forestburgh covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Forestburgh’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Forestburgh. 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 Forestburgh total about $442K 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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