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Kortright, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kortright comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Kortright?

68
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kortright to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Cold waves6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Kortright faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Kortright flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Kortright isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Delaware County.
Disasters that hit Kortright

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KortrightDeclared for Delaware County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Town of Kortright for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$80K to the Town of Kortright for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$96K to the Town of Kortright for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$42K to the Town of Kortright for repairs
2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

$52K to the Town of Kortright for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$76K to the Town of Kortright for repairs
2003

Snow

$6K to the Town of Kortright for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$10K to the Town of Kortright for repairs
Delaware County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Kortright

Kortright and the towns around it

Stamford: High, mostly inland floodingDelhi: High, mostly inland floodingHarpersfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDavenport: High, mostly inland floodingMeredith: High, mostly inland floodingRoxbury: High, mostly inland floodingBovina: High, mostly inland floodingStamford: High, mostly inland floodingHamden: High, mostly inland floodingAndes: High, mostly inland floodingWorcester: Very high, mostly inland floodingMaryland: High, mostly inland floodingJefferson: High, mostly inland floodingOneonta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFranklin: High, mostly inland floodingKortright: High, mostly inland flooding KortrightStamfordDelhiHarpersfieldDavenportMeredith
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Davenportmostly inland floodingHigh
Delhimostly inland floodingHigh
Kortrightmostly inland floodingHigh
Stamfordmostly inland floodingHigh
Meredithmostly inland floodingHigh
Harpersfieldmostly 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. Kortright 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 Kortright’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kortright. 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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