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Leon, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim 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 Leon?

34
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leon to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Tornadoes6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Leon faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 50 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Leon flood?

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

1paid claims since 1979
$4Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Leon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cattaraugus County.
Disasters that hit Leon

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeonDeclared for Cattaraugus County only
2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$924K to the Town of Leon for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Town of Leon for repairs
2001

Snow

$11K to the Town of Leon for repairs
2000

Snow

$5K to the Town of Leon for repairs
1999

Snow

$5K to the Town of Leon for repairs
Cattaraugus County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Leon

Leon and the towns around it

Conewango: High, mostly inland floodingDayton: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Albion: Low, mostly inland floodingCherry Creek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEllington: High, mostly inland floodingRandolph: High, mostly inland floodingNapoli: High, mostly inland floodingPoland: High, mostly inland floodingPerrysburg: High, mostly inland floodingPersia: High, mostly inland floodingVillenova: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMansfield: High, mostly inland floodingCharlotte: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLeon: Low, mostly inland flooding LeonConewangoDaytonNew AlbionCherry Creek
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Conewangomostly inland floodingHigh
Cherry Creekmostly inland floodingModerate
Leonmostly inland floodingLow
Daytonmostly inland floodingLow
New Albionmostly inland floodingLow
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. Leon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Leon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Leon. 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 Leon total about $2.1M 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.

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