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Natural hazards · Glen

Glen, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1987. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Glen?

57
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glen to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Cold waves6%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Glen faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Glen flood?

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

7paid claims since 1987
$374Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19872026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 3 claims, $212K

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlenDeclared for Montgomery County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the Town of Glen for repairs
2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$460 to the Town of Glen for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$16K to the Town of Glen for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Glen for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Glen for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$6K to the Town of Glen for repairs
Montgomery County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Glen

Glen and the towns around it

Florida: Low, mostly inland floodingMohawk: High, mostly inland floodingCharleston: Low, mostly inland floodingRoot: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFultonville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFonda: High, mostly inland floodingAmsterdam: Low, mostly inland floodingAmsterdam: High, mostly inland floodingDuanesburg: Very low, mostly inland floodingPrincetown: Low, mostly inland floodingRotterdam: Low, mostly inland floodingJohnstown: Low, mostly inland floodingPalatine: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJohnstown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCarlisle: Low, mostly inland floodingEsperance: High, mostly inland floodingCanajoharie: High, mostly inland floodingSharon: Low, mostly inland floodingGlen: Moderate, mostly inland flooding GlenFloridaMohawkCharlestonRootFultonvilleFonda
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mohawkmostly inland floodingHigh
Fondamostly inland floodingHigh
Glenmostly inland floodingModerate
Rootmostly inland floodingModerate
Fultonvillemostly inland floodingModerate
Floridamostly inland floodingLow
Charlestonmostly 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. Glen 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 Glen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Glen. 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.

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