Natural hazards · Forestport

Forestport, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Forestport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Forestport?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Forestport to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Forestport faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 Forestport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oneida County.

Disasters that hit Forestport

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ForestportDeclared for Oneida County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the Town of Forestport for repairs

2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$13K to the Town of Forestport for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $219 aid approved $12K to the Town of Forestport for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$12K to the Town of Forestport for repairs

Oneida County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Forestport

Forestport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ohiomostly inland floodingModerate

Lyonsdalemostly inland floodingModerate

Forestportmostly inland floodingModerate

Webbmostly inland floodingModerate

Remsenmostly inland floodingLow

Boonvillemostly 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. Forestport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Forestport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Forestport. 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 Forestport total about $800K 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.