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Natural hazards · Greig

Greig, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greig comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1983. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Greig?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greig to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Greig faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Greig flood?

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

6paid claims since 1983
$35Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19832026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreigDeclared for Lewis County only
2011

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

$35K to the Town of Greig for repairs
2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$16K to the Town of Greig for repairs
2004

Snow

$8K to the Town of Greig for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Greig for repairs
1999

Snow

$5K to the Town of Greig for repairs
Lewis County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Greig

Greig and the towns around it

Turin: Low, mostly inland floodingMartinsburg: Low, mostly inland floodingLyonsdale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWatson: High, mostly inland floodingWebb: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Turin: Low, mostly inland floodingTurin: Low, mostly inland floodingMontague: Low, mostly inland floodingLowville: Low, mostly inland floodingLeyden: Low, mostly inland floodingLyons Falls: Low, mostly inland floodingBoonville: Very low, mostly inland floodingForestport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Bremen: Low, mostly inland floodingCroghan: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOhio: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLong Lake: High, mostly inland floodingFine: Moderate, mostly inland floodingInlet: High, mostly inland floodingDiana: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreig: Moderate, mostly inland flooding GreigTurinMartinsburgLyonsdaleWatsonWebb
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Watsonmostly inland floodingHigh
Lyonsdalemostly inland floodingModerate
Greigmostly inland floodingModerate
Webbmostly inland floodingModerate
Turinmostly inland floodingLow
Martinsburgmostly 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. Greig 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 Greig’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Greig. 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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