Natural hazards · Junius

Junius, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Junius 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 Junius?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Junius to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Drought11%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Junius faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Junius flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Seneca County.

Disasters that hit Junius

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JuniusDeclared for Seneca County only

2003

Ice Storm

$4K to the Town of Junius for repairs

Seneca County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Junius

Junius and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Waterloomostly inland floodingModerate

Galenmostly inland floodingLow

Juniusmostly inland floodingVery low

Tyremostly inland floodingVery low

Phelpsmostly 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. Junius 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 Junius’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Junius. 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.