Natural hazards · Jordan

Jordan, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jordan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1993. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jordan?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jordan to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Tornadoes6%Strong wind6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Jordan faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Jordan flood?

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

8paid claims since 1993

$126Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Onondaga County.

Disasters that hit Jordan

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JordanDeclared for Onondaga County only

2003

Ice Storm

12 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $2K to the Village of Jordan for repairs

Onondaga County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

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. Jordan 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 Jordan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Jordan. 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.