Natural hazards · Hudson Falls

Hudson Falls, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hudson Falls comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hudson Falls?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hudson Falls to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding52%Cold waves18%Tornadoes8%Lightning8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Hudson Falls faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Lightning

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Hudson Falls flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Hudson Falls.

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Hudson Falls

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Hudson Falls itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of Hudson Falls.

Brought FEMA money into Hudson FallsDeclared for Washington County only

2011

Hurricane Irene

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Washington County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Hudson Falls

Hudson Falls and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fort Edwardmostly inland floodingLow

Queensburymostly inland floodingLow

Hudson Fallsmostly inland floodingVery low

Kingsburymostly inland floodingVery low

Moreaumostly 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. Hudson Falls covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hudson Falls’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Hudson Falls. 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 Hudson Falls total about $1.1M 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.