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Natural hazards · Kendall

Kendall, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kendall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Kendall?

25
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kendall to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Strong wind5%Everything else20%
By hazard

What Kendall faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kendall flood?

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

4paid claims since 1979
$17Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $5K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Kendall isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Orleans County.
Disasters that hit Kendall

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KendallDeclared for Orleans County only
2017

Flooding

$123K to the Town of Kendall for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Kendall for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved $18K to the Town of Kendall for repairs
2003

Ice Storm

$28K to the Town of Kendall for repairs
1999

Snow

$22K to the Town of Kendall for repairs
Orleans County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Kendall

Kendall and the towns around it

Carlton: Low, mostly inland floodingMurray: Very low, mostly inland floodingHamlin: Low, mostly inland floodingGaines: Very low, mostly inland floodingYates: Low, mostly inland floodingClarendon: Very low, mostly inland floodingHolley: Very low, mostly inland floodingClarkson: Very low, mostly inland floodingParma: Very low, mostly inland floodingKendall: Low, mostly inland flooding KendallCarltonMurrayHamlin
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Kendallmostly inland floodingLow
Carltonmostly inland floodingLow
Hamlinmostly inland floodingLow
Murraymostly 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. Kendall 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 Kendall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kendall. 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.

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