Natural hazards · Friendship

Friendship, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Friendship comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2003. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Friendship?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Friendship to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding90%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Friendship faces

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

Inland flooding

90% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% 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 Friendship flood?

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

2paid claims since 2003

$9Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Allegany County.

Disasters that hit Friendship

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FriendshipDeclared for Allegany County only

2011

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

$19K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$46K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$178K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

88 households applied for aid $123K aid approved $283K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

Allegany County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Friendship

Friendship and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Friendshipmostly inland floodingVery high

Amitymostly inland floodingVery high

Belfastmostly inland floodingVery high

Wirtmostly inland floodingHigh

Cubamostly inland floodingHigh

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