Natural hazards · Kaser

Kaser, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kaser comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kaser?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kaser to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding53%Cold waves12%Strong wind8%Heat waves7%Earthquakes6%Tornadoes6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Kaser faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kaser flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rockland County.

Disasters that hit Kaser

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KaserDeclared for Rockland County only

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$17K to the Village of Kaser for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$28K to the Village of Kaser for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$5K to the Village of Kaser for repairs

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

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. Kaser covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kaser’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Kaser. 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 Kaser total about $607K 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.