Natural hazards · Greenville

Greenville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1996. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenville to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Hurricanes11%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Greenville faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce 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 Greenville flood?

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

3paid claims since 1996

$93Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $56K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

Disasters that hit Greenville

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenvilleDeclared for Greene County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$26K to the Town of Greenville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

40 households applied for aid $52K aid approved $95K to the Town of Greenville for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm

$58K to the Town of Greenville for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$46K to the Town of Greenville for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$116K to the Town of Greenville for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$60K to the Town of Greenville for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2003

Snow

$28K to the Town of Greenville for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$38K to the Town of Greenville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$11K to the Town of Greenville for repairs

Greene County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Greenville

Greenville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Baltimoremostly inland floodingModerate

Coxsackiemostly inland floodingModerate

Cairomostly inland floodingModerate

Durhammostly inland floodingModerate

Greenvillemostly inland floodingLow

Westerlomostly 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. Greenville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greenville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Greenville. 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 Greenville total about $1.6M 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.