Natural hazards · Lowville

Lowville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lowville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1982. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lowville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lowville to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Lowville faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Lowville flood?

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

1paid claims since 1982

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lewis County.

Disasters that hit Lowville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LowvilleDeclared for Lewis County only

2024

Severe Storm, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$628K to the Village of Lowville for repairs

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$4K to the Village of Lowville for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$5K to the Village of Lowville for repairs

2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$5K to the Village of Lowville for repairs

2004

Snow

$4K to the Village of Lowville for repairs

1999

Snow

$3K to the Village of Lowville for repairs

Lewis County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms 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. Lowville 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 Lowville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lowville. 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.

Lowville, NY natural hazards

How exposed is Lowville?

What Lowville faces

Inland flooding

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Lowville flood?

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storm, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

Snow

Snow

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