Natural hazards · Hunter

Hunter, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hunter comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 24 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hunter?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hunter to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Hurricanes8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Hunter faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Hunter flood?

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

24paid claims since 1979

$308Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 5 claims, $177K
Torrential rain: 2 claims, $13K
Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $7K

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. Hunter 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 Hunter

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HunterDeclared for Greene County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$18K to the Town of Hunter for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$65K to the Town of Hunter for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$1.1M to the Town of Hunter for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm

$54K to the Town of Hunter for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$18K to the Town of Hunter for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$43K to the Town of Hunter for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$261K to the Town of Hunter for repairs

2003

Snow

$12K to the Town of Hunter for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$27K to the Town of Hunter for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$40K to the Town of Hunter for repairs

Greene County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Hunter

Hunter and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Shandakenmostly inland floodingVery high

Jewettmostly inland floodingHigh

Lexingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Huntermostly inland floodingHigh

Woodstockmostly inland floodingModerate

Cairomostly inland floodingModerate

Catskillmostly 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. Hunter covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hunter’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hunter. 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 Hunter total about $2.5M 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.