Natural hazards · Lysander

Lysander, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lysander comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 45 claims here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lysander?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lysander to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Lysander 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

Above average · higher than 66% 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 Lysander flood?

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

45paid claims since 1978

$824Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Torrential rain: 3 claims, $59K
Blizzard of 1993: 1 claim, $19K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Onondaga County.

Disasters that hit Lysander

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LysanderDeclared for Onondaga County only

2021

Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred

$24K to the Town of Lysander for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

1 household applied for aid $756 aid approved $43K to the Town of Lysander for repairs

Onondaga County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Lysander

Lysander and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Phoenixmostly inland floodingHigh

Catomostly inland floodingHigh

Schroeppelmostly inland floodingHigh

Van Burenmostly inland floodingModerate

Lysandermostly inland floodingLow

Elbridgemostly inland floodingLow

Granbymostly inland floodingLow

Claymostly inland floodingLow

Iramostly inland floodingVery low

Geddesmostly inland floodingVery low

Salinamostly 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. Lysander covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lysander’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lysander. 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 Lysander total about $6.3M 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.