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Natural hazards · Halcott

Halcott, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Halcott comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1998. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Halcott?

78
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Halcott to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Halcott faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Halcott flood?

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

2paid claims since 1998
$19Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19982026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $1K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Halcott 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 Halcott

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HalcottDeclared for Greene County only
2011

Hurricane Irene

$366K to the Town of Halcott for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$18K to the Town of Halcott for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$8K to the Town of Halcott for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the Town of Halcott for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$49K to the Town of Halcott for repairs
2003

Snow

$963 to the Town of Halcott for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$3K to the Town of Halcott for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$93K to the Town of Halcott for repairs
Greene County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Halcott

Halcott and the towns around it

Lexington: High, mostly inland floodingRoxbury: High, mostly inland floodingMiddletown: High, mostly inland floodingJewett: High, mostly inland floodingAshland: Very high, mostly inland floodingHunter: High, mostly inland floodingShandaken: Very high, mostly inland floodingPrattsville: Very high, mostly inland floodingStamford: High, mostly inland floodingBovina: High, mostly inland floodingAndes: High, mostly inland floodingHardenburgh: High, mostly inland floodingHalcott: High, mostly inland flooding HalcottLexingtonRoxburyMiddletown
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Halcottmostly inland floodingHigh
Lexingtonmostly inland floodingHigh
Roxburymostly inland floodingHigh
Middletownmostly inland floodingHigh
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. Halcott 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 Halcott’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Halcott. 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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