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Natural hazards · Glenville

Glenville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glenville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 34 claims here since 1978. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Glenville?

35
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glenville to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Tornadoes8%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Glenville faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Glenville flood?

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

34paid claims since 1978
$541Kpaid to owners
4homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 12 claims, $384K
  • Torrential rain: 2 claims, $33K
  • Hurricane Gloria: 1 claim, $4K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Glenville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Schenectady County.
Disasters that hit Glenville

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlenvilleDeclared for Schenectady County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$41K to the Town of Glenville for repairs
2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

2 households applied for aid $462 aid approved
2011

Hurricane Irene

26 households applied for aid $50K aid approved $126K to the Town of Glenville for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$498K to the Town of Glenville for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Glenville for repairs
2003

Ice Storm

$32K to the Town of Glenville for repairs
2003

Snow

$15K to the Town of Glenville for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$41K to the Town of Glenville for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$120K to the Town of Glenville for repairs
Schenectady County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Glenville

Glenville and the towns around it

Rotterdam: Low, mostly inland floodingCharlton: Very low, mostly inland floodingNiskayuna: Very low, mostly inland floodingAmsterdam: Low, mostly inland floodingSchenectady: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBallston: Very low, mostly inland floodingPrincetown: Low, mostly inland floodingGuilderland: Very low, mostly inland floodingColonie: Very low, mostly inland floodingFlorida: Low, mostly inland floodingGalway: Very low, mostly inland floodingClifton Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingAmsterdam: High, mostly inland floodingPerth: Very low, mostly inland floodingMohawk: High, mostly inland floodingMalta: Very low, mostly inland floodingMilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGlenville: Low, mostly inland flooding GlenvilleRotterdamCharltonNiskayunaAmsterdamSchenectadyBallston
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Schenectadymostly inland floodingModerate
Amsterdammostly inland floodingLow
Glenvillemostly inland floodingLow
Rotterdammostly inland floodingLow
Charltonmostly inland floodingVery low
Niskayunamostly inland floodingVery low
Ballstonmostly 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. Glenville covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Glenville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Glenville. 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 Glenville total about $7.2M 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.

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