Natural hazards · Geddes

Geddes, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Geddes comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Geddes?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Geddes to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Tornadoes8%Strong wind8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Geddes faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Geddes flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979

$47Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Onondaga County.

Disasters that hit Geddes

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GeddesDeclared for Onondaga County only

2011

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

$25K to the Town of Geddes for repairs

Onondaga County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Geddes

Geddes and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Van Burenmostly inland floodingModerate

Lysandermostly inland floodingLow

Syracusemostly inland floodingLow

Camillusmostly inland floodingVery low

Geddesmostly inland floodingVery low

Salinamostly inland floodingVery low

Solvaymostly 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. Geddes covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Geddes’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Geddes. 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 Geddes total about $3.0M 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.