Natural hazards · Genesee Falls

Genesee Falls, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Genesee Falls comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Genesee Falls?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Genesee Falls to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Genesee Falls faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Genesee Falls flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wyoming County.

Disasters that hit Genesee Falls

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Genesee FallsDeclared for Wyoming County only

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$3K to the Town of Genesee Falls for repairs

2001

Snow

$6K to the Town of Genesee Falls for repairs

1999

Snow

$2K to the Town of Genesee Falls for repairs

Wyoming County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Genesee Falls

Genesee Falls and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Humemostly inland floodingHigh

Portagemostly inland floodingHigh

Genesee Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh

Pikemostly inland floodingHigh

Castilemostly inland floodingLow

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