Natural hazards · Lyons

Lyons, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lyons comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Lyons?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lyons to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding92%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Lyons faces

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

Inland flooding

92% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% 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 Lyons flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Lyons

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LyonsDeclared for Wayne County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2003

Ice Storm

65 households applied for aid $34K aid approved $65K to the Town of Lyons for repairs

1999

Snow

$7K to the Town of Lyons for repairs

Wayne County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Lyons

Lyons and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lyonsmostly inland floodingHigh

Galenmostly inland floodingLow

Sodusmostly inland floodingVery low

Arcadiamostly inland floodingVery low

Rosemostly inland floodingVery low

Phelpsmostly 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. Lyons covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lyons’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lyons. 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 Lyons total about $2.0M 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.