Natural hazards · Groveland

Groveland, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Groveland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2000. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Groveland?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Groveland to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding94%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Groveland faces

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

Inland flooding

94% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Groveland flood?

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

1paid claims since 2000

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20002026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Livingston County.

Disasters that hit Groveland

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrovelandDeclared for Livingston County only

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$80K to the Town of Groveland for repairs

2011

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

$26K to the Town of Groveland for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $288K to the Town of Groveland for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

$5K to the Town of Groveland for repairs

1999

Snow

$6K to the Town of Groveland for repairs

Livingston County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Groveland

Groveland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Conesusmostly inland floodingHigh

Spartamostly inland floodingHigh

West Spartamostly inland floodingHigh

Grovelandmostly inland floodingModerate

Mount Morrismostly inland floodingModerate

Leicestermostly inland floodingModerate

Geneseomostly 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. Groveland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Groveland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Groveland. 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 Groveland total about $1.9M 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.