Natural hazards · Harford

Harford, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Harford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2011. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Harford?

57
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Harford to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Harford faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times 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 Harford flood?

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

6paid claims since 2011
$118Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $20K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HarfordDeclared for Cortland County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the Town of Harford for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Harford for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $126K to the Town of Harford for repairs
Cortland County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Harford

Harford and the towns around it

Virgil: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLapeer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCortlandville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDryden: High, mostly inland floodingFreetown: High, mostly inland floodingMarathon: High, mostly inland floodingHarford: Moderate, mostly inland flooding HarfordVirgilLapeer
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Harfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Virgilmostly inland floodingModerate
Lapeermostly inland floodingModerate
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. Harford covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Harford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Harford. 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 Harford total about $1.5M 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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